Henrietta Clive, Countess of Powis
Henrietta Antonia Clive, Countess of Powis, was a British writer, mineral collector, and botanist. Her time in India, while her husband was Governor of Madras, was inspirational to her for all three of these pursuits.
Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1777
Lady Henrietta with her parents and brother in 1760
Oakly Park, Bromfield, Shropshire, England is a country house dating from the 18th century. In the early 19th century, the house was restored and extended by Charles Robert Cockerell, Surveyor to the Bank of England for his friend Robert Henry Clive. The private home of the Earls of Plymouth, Oakly Park is a Grade II* listed building.
Oakly Park