Maria Nugent

Maria Nugent, Lady Nugent born Maria Skinner (1770/71 – 1834) was a diarist and art collector. She was born in the colony of New Jersey to a British loyalist family. She married British M.P. George Nugent and is known for her diary, which she wrote while he was lieutenant-governor and commander-in-chief of Jamaica and again in India. Part of her diaries were published privately in 1839. Her diaries written in India were published later, and her art collection was sold for £420,000 in 2020.