Harriet Arbuthnot
diarist (1793-1834)
Harriet Arbuthnot (10 September 1793 – 2 August 1834) was an English diarist, a social observer and a political hostess on behalf of the Tory Party during the 1820s. She was the closest female friend to the hero of the Battle of Waterloo and British Prime Minister, 1st Duke of Wellington.