Barrett-Lennard, Amy Eliza (later Mrs Forrest) (1852 - 1897)

Born in Beverley, WA, 1852, died 20 August 1897 in London, England

Born in Beverley, WA, one of two children, to settlers Edmund Thomas Henry Barrett- Lennard (1823-1895) and Elizabeth Ann née Smith. Amy was educated in England. She collected MEL specimens at Beverley, 1878. The specimens were sent to Mueller via Amy's future sister-in-law, MARGARET FORREST (who also collected MEL specimens).

In 1880, Amy married the explorer and politician Alexander Forrest (1849-1901), and they had five children. Alexander Forrest also collected MEL specimens.

Amy died in London in 1897, aged 45, after going there to seek medical advice.

Source: Maroske, Sara and Vaughan, Alison (2014) 'Ferdinand Mueller's female plant collectors: a biographical register', Muelleria Vol.32 [consult for source references]
Portrait Photo; from above, when she was Mrs Forrest, from State Library of WA.