| Frances Erskine Inglis | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1804 Edinburgh |
| Died | 1882 Madrid |
| Other names | Marquise of Calderón de la Barca |
| Occupation | Writer |
Frances "Fanny" Erskine Inglis, later the Marquise of Calderón de la Barca (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1804 – Madrid, Spain, 1882),[1][2] was a writer.
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Inglis was born in Scotland but moved with her family to Boston, where in 1836 she met Ángel Calderón de la Barca y Belgrano, who had been sent to the United States in 1836 by Isabel II. Inglis and Calderón de la Barca married in 1838 and lived in Mexico until 1842.
She was widowed in 1861. In 1876 she was conferred the title of Marquise by Alfonso XII.
Frances Erskine Inglis is best-known for her book La Vida En México Durante Una Residencia De Dos Años En Este País (Life in Mexico, During a Residence Of Two Years In That Country)[3][4] which was published under the name Madame Calderón de la Barca in Boston and London in 1843. She also wrote El Agregado En Madrid O Bocetos De La Corte De Isabel II (1856).
La Vida En México is a classic of its genre, one of the few travelogues written by a Western woman living in Mexico during the early years of Mexican Independence.