Henry Skrine


Henry Skrine was an English traveller and author.

Life

He was the son of Richard Dickson Skrine of Warleigh Manor, Bathford, Somerset, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Tryon of Collyweston, Northamptonshire. He entered Christ Church, Oxford, on 24 January 1774, and graduated B.C.L. in 1781. Becoming a member of Lincoln's Inn, he was called to the bar in 1782. He may not have had a practice as a barrister.
Skrine spent much of his time travelling through Great Britain, and recording his experiences. In 1793 he visited the north of Scotland, then little known. He died at Walton-on-Thames in 1803.

Works

Skrine wrote:
Skrine twice married. With his first wife, Marianne, eldest daughter of John Chalié of Wimbledon, Surrey, he had one son, Henry. His second wife was Letitia Harcourt of Dany-Park, near Crickhowell in Brecon. His children were: