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Lady Clive's 1,000-mile south India journals revisited
Hindustan Times··1 Sept
A Hindustan Times feature marks 268 years since Henrietta Herbert's birth on September 3, 1758. Her journals from 1798 to 1801 record a 1,000-mile journey across south India. She travelled with daughters aged 13 and 12, artist Anna Tonelli, 14 elephants and about 750 servants. A tiger-head finial from Tipu's throne later entered the Clive Museum at Powis Castle.
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What It Means For You
- Readers can still see the gifted tiger-head finial in the Clive Museum at Powis Castle.
- Herbert's journals remain an early south India travel record written by a British woman.
- The feature ties her Mysore-country route to Tipu-era sites still visited today.
What's Happening
- The article revisits Herbert's birth anniversary and her later life as Lady Clive in Madras.
- It describes a seven-month circuit through Vellore, Bangalore, Mysore and coastal towns.
- Tonelli's Tipu Sultan Enthroned sketch is cited among the expedition's visual records.
How The Tiger Finial Arrived In Wales
- After Tipu's throne was dismantled, one tiger-head finial was gifted to Lady Clive.
- Henrietta married Edward Clive in 1784, linking the Herbert and Clive families.
- Edward was appointed Governor of Madras in 1798, bringing the family to Fort St George.
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