John Carr
Sir John Carr (1772 - 1832) was an English barrister and travel writer.
Carr was called to the bar at the Middle Temple, but for health reasons began to travel. Accounts of his journeys around Europe were popular for their light style.
In 1803 Carr published The Stranger in France, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris, an immediate success. It was followed in 1805 by A Northern Summer: or Travels round the Baltic, through Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Prussia and Part of Germany in the Year 1804.
Shortly after the publication of The Stranger in Ireland (1806), Carr was knighted by John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1807 his Irish tour was made the subject of a spoof by Edward Dubois, entitled My Pocket Book, or Hints for a Ryghte Merrie and Conceited Tour.
In 1808 there appeared Caledonian Sketches, or a Tour through Scotland in 1807, reviewed by Sir Walter Scott in the Quarterly Review; and in 1811 Descriptive Travels in the Southern and Eastern parts of Spain an…more
Carr was called to the bar at the Middle Temple, but for health reasons began to travel. Accounts of his journeys around Europe were popular for their light style.
In 1803 Carr published The Stranger in France, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris, an immediate success. It was followed in 1805 by A Northern Summer: or Travels round the Baltic, through Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Prussia and Part of Germany in the Year 1804.
Shortly after the publication of The Stranger in Ireland (1806), Carr was knighted by John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1807 his Irish tour was made the subject of a spoof by Edward Dubois, entitled My Pocket Book, or Hints for a Ryghte Merrie and Conceited Tour.
In 1808 there appeared Caledonian Sketches, or a Tour through Scotland in 1807, reviewed by Sir Walter Scott in the Quarterly Review; and in 1811 Descriptive Travels in the Southern and Eastern parts of Spain an…more
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Stepping Westward: Writing the Highland Tour c. 1720 - 1830
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