| 1801 |
Born Haddington, East Lothian, 14th July |
| 1810-12 |
Edward Irving teaching at Haddington |
| 1819 |
Death of her father, Dr Welsh, at Haddington |
| 1821 |
Meets Thomas Carlyle, Haddington, May |
| 1825 |
Visits Carlyles, Hoddam Hill, September |
| 1826 |
Marries Carlyle, at Templand, Thornhill, 17th
October.They set up house at 21 Comely Bank, Edinburgh |
| 1828 |
Moves to Craigenputtoch, Dumfriesshire in May |
| 1831-32 |
Visits London with Carlyle |
| 1834 |
Move to 5 Cheyne Row, Chelsea, London on 10th June.
Edward Irving dies, 7th December |
| 1837 |
Visits Oxford and Cotswolds with the Sterlings |
| 1838 |
Crayon portrait by Samuel Laurence |
| 1842 |
Mother, Grace Welsh, dies 5th February
Visits Bullers, Troston |
| 1843 |
Jane meets Lady Harriet Baring |
| 1844 |
Carlyle begins to see much of Lady Harriet Baring
Death of John Sterling |
| 1848 |
Lady Baring becomes Lady Ashburton on death of
husband's father |
| 1849 |
Revisits Haddington, writes 'Much Ado About Nothing'. |
| 1850 |
Attends Bath House Ball |
| 1851 |
Visits Great Exhibition |
| 1852 |
Visits Sherborne House |
| 1855 |
Seeks rooms in Rottingdean. Represents Carlyle at the
Tax Commissioners. Keeps a journal 1855-56 |
| 1857 |
Lady Ashburton dies, 4th May |
| 1858 |
Lord Ashburton remarries - Louisa Stewart Mackenzie |
| 1863 |
Injured in accident in Cheapside |
| 1864 |
Visits Dr Blakiston's, St Leonards, April. Stays
Holmhill, Thornhill, July-Sept. with Dr and Mrs Russell. Returns
improved to London, 1st October |
| 1865 |
Carlyle finishes Frederick |
| 1866 |
Carlyle leaves for Edinburgh, 29th March, gives
Inaugural Address there, 2nd April.
Jane dies in Hyde Park, 21st April |
