Barter Family

Research Status: Basic Last Updated: 2025-07-06 Diary Coverage: Up to 1874-03-11

Identity

English family in Nice society. Marie considers them ordinary, not part of the elegant world.

Diary References

1874

• March 11: At Howard dance: "il n'y a que des Tebbitt, des Barter et dans ce genre" - only the Tebbitts, the Barters and that type. Marie finds them inadequate for a grand social event.

Context

• Part of English colony in Nice
• Not considered "monde élégant" by Marie
• Grouped with Tebbitt family as ordinary English
• Representative of middle-class English society

Research Notes

• Typical of English families wintering in Nice
• Marie's snobbery shows in her dismissal of such families