Broome, Mary Anne (née Stewart) (1831 - 1911)

Born Spanish Town, Jamaica, 1831; died London, England, 6 Mar. 1911.

Author (under the name Lady Barker). Wife of F.N. Broome, Governor, WA, Dec. 1882-1891.

Collected seaweeds, e.g. near Perth, c. 1885 (not 1840s as sometimes cited).

Specimens at BM, K.

Portrait: Watson (2001) p. 168.

Source: George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA. [consult for source references]