Elizabeth Simcoe
Dame Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe (22 September 1762 – 17 January 1850) was an English artist and diarist in colonial Canada. Her husband, John Graves Simcoe, was the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. Her diary gives an account of Canadian life.
Elizabeth Simcoe | |
|---|---|
Portrait by Mary Anne Burges, 1790 | |
| Born | Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim 22 September 1762 |
| Died | 17 January 1850 (aged 87) |
| Spouse |
John Graves Simcoe
(m. 1782; died 1806) |
| Children | 11 |
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