: The story of an Indian ayah who fought her British employers in court in 1826 – and won #IndiaNEWS In May 1826, Mary Ann Ayah arrived in London, having accompanied Eliza Scott and Marian Grace Warner

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The story of an Indian ayah who fought her British employers in court in 1826 – and won #IndiaNEWS
In May 1826, Mary Ann Ayah arrived in London, having accompanied Eliza Scott and Marian Grace Warner on the voyage from India in the East Indiaman Royal George. Mrs Scott and Mrs Warner were sisters, the daughters of Sir Henry White. Both were the widows of officers in the Bengal Army. The following month, the magistrates at Marylebone were asked to settle a dispute between Mary Ann and her former employers.Mrs Warner had found that some of her property was missing from the luggage she had left on the ship with Mary Ann, including a valuable writing desk, and she had asked the magistrates to investigate. Mary Ann attended the Marylebone Police Office accompanied by her sailor son, whom she had met accidentally in London. She told the magistrates that she had been promised a gratuity of £10 and a certificate of “character�? on arrival in England if her service was satisfactory. She had called on Mrs Scott and Mrs Warner in Marylebone to be given these before she took a passage to India in the same ship as her son.Mary Ann defended herself in English “with a great deal of ingenuity�?, denying that she had stolen anything. This had been her fifth voyage to...Read more

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