Mary Theresa Whitby: Landowner, Silkworm Expert, Silk Producer and Correspondent of Charles Darwin – Elizabeth Strange

Early Life Mary Anne Theresa Whitby was born in 1783. She was the daughter of a naval officer named Thomas Symonds and had seven siblings. Marriage and Meeting Admiral Cornwallis In 1802, Mary married a naval officer named John Whitby who was sent by the admiralty to break the news of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson’s […]