Clara Annabel Caroline Grant Duff

Clara Annabel Caroline Grant Duff, Mrs Jackson (25 December 1870 – 12 January 1944) was a Scottish poet, writer, pacifist, and high society hostess. She published her memoir A Victorian Childhood in 1932 with Methuen Publishing under the pen name Annabel Huth Jackson, using her married name.

Early life and education Annabel Duff was the eldest daughter of Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff and Anna Julia Webster. Her father was a Scottish politician and writer, who was Governor of Madras during her childhood in India. She attended Cheltenham Ladies' College.

Writing and public life John Singer Sargent painted a portrait of Huth Jackson in 1907. Huth Jackson was an anti-suffragist, but she exercised her voting rights when they were won. and she was active in raising funds for war relief. dined at her table after he was released from prison for being a conscientious objector. In 1921, she was a member of the British delegations to WILPF meetings in Vienna in 1921 and in Dublin in 1926. with the first line, "All people who possess a memory should write their recollections when they reach the age of sixty."

Personal life In 1895, Duff married Frederick Huth Jackson, a partner in the private bank, Frederick Huth and Sons. and Claire, later Countess de Loriol Chandieu. They lived at Possingworth in Sussex during World War I.

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