Anna Brassey
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Anna Brassey, Baroness Brassey was an English traveller and writer. Her bestselling book A Voyage in the Sunbeam, our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months describes a voyage around the world.
Anna Brassey
Sunbeam under full sail
Lord Brassey and his wife entertaining King Kalākaua of Hawaii, 1881
Monkshaven on fire, possible sketch by Anna Brassey 28 September 1876
Normanhurst Court
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Normanhurst Court was a large manor house in the village of Catsfield in East Sussex.
Anna Brassey
…a Series of Photographs. In July 1881, King Kalākaua of Hawaii, who had been greatly pleased with her description of his kingdom, was entertained at Normanhurst Court, and invested Lady Brassey with the Royal Order of Kapiolani. At home in England, she performed charitable work, largely for the St John Ambulance…
Normanhurst, Catsfield