Baker, Elizabeth, approximately 1720-1789

found: The old order, 1945:title page (The old order, based on the diary of Elizabeth Baker (Dolgelley, 1778-1786), [edited by] Ben Bowen Thomas)

found: Cornhill magazine, 1884:volume 3, number 17, pages 410-424 (A glimpse of Wales a hundred years ago; article summarizes Welsh history from the pages of Mrs. Baker's diaries)

found: People's Collection Wales, via WWW, 8 January 2020(The diary of Elizabeth Baker provides a fascinating insight into the social life of the market town of Dolgellau and district during the period between 1779 and 1786; Elizabeth's diary spans ten volumes. Elizabeth Baker was born c. 1720 in Warwickshire. Very little is known about her early life until 1766 when she is known to have been staying in London with a Mrs. Gilbert at St. James' Square. Elizabeth Baker's association with Dolgellau began in c. 1770 when both she and Mrs. Gilbert became entitled to the proceeds of a Pimlico lease, and a patent to mine on Crown Lands in central Merionethshire was made out in their joint name. Elizabeth Baker left London for Dolgellau to make the necessary plans to exploit the mining rights. She never returned. Elizabeth's diary ends on 31 March 1786; very little is known about her between that time and her burial at Dolgellau on 26 November 1789.)