Henrietta Tayler, known as Hetty, was a London-born Jacobite scholar and First World War Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse.
Occupation
nurse, historian
Born
March 24, 1869
Died
April 10, 1951
Overview
Henrietta Tayler, known as Hetty (24 March 1869 – 10 April 1951), was a London-born Jacobite scholar and First World War nurse.
Family life
Helen Agnes Henrietta Tayler (known as Hetty) was born in London on 24 March 1869, to parents William James Tayler, Laird of Glenbarry and Georgina Lucy Duff and had an older sister, Constance and younger brother, Alistair Tayler (11 July 1870 – 8 November 1937) who was born at the family home in Rothiemay, Angus. Alistair and Hetty became Jacobite scholars and wrote about Scotland's history, in which their parents' forebears had played a large part. Through regular visits to the historical seat of her grandparents, Duff House, Hetty and her brother found historical materials that stimulated their interest to research and write about Scotland's past.
The first book that Hetty and Alistair had published was in 1914 in two volumes and covered the Duff family history.
Other families researched in their publications include Forbes and Urquharts.
