Henry William Lamb, second Viscount Melbourne

By the last wish of Melbourne , who died in November 1848, CN began receiving an allowance (probably of £200 a year) from his sister. When her mother died on 9 June 1851 she inherited...

Critic Harriet Devine Jump feels that CN 's poems written during the trial of Lord Melbourne contrast in tone with those she wrote later. The leading contents of the volume were three narrative poems; many...

She seems to have written this pamphlet partly as a more acceptable alternative to writing a letter to the Times, which Lord Melbourne had begged her not to do because of the scandalous publicity...

The pamphlet was not well received: the public appeared to be suffering from compassion fatigue. In opposing CN 's plan of writing to the Times, Melbourne called her a sobbing, moaning, and complaining woman...

MRM was granted by Lord Melbourne a Civil List pension of £100 per annum, with the hope of an increase later.

When Glenarvon first appeared, said Lady Caroline, William Lamb admired it so much that it was instrumental in bringing the separated couple back together.Joanna Baillie discerned its author's ability, but added, Her...

In this and her final novel she followed the advice of Ugo Foscolo , though she found it went against her grain, to choose a simple plot and build it around a single character.

She had been working on this novel at least since November 1821, when her husband was helping her with revision. This time she used as a publisher her friend John Murray , who had...

William Lamb worried intensely about the probable reception of Ada Reis, particularly the scenes in hell, and he tried to enlist William Gifford of the Quarterly as an ally in pressuring Caroline to tone...

Lady Caroline Ponsonby married William Lamb (who some months after her death was to become Lord Melbourne and later again Prime Minister).

William Lamb , as a new MP, made his maiden speech by invitation immediately following the Speech from the Throne: LCL attended in men's clothes in the Strangers' Gallery to hear him.

LCL 's mother-in-law, Lady Melbourne , and sister-in-law, Lady Emily Cowper (later Palmerston) , were said to be seriously trying to end LCL 's marriage to William Lamb because of her notoriety.

A deed of legal separation between LCL and William Lamb was drawn up and finally signed by both parties.

LCL later described to Sydney Morgan the episode which she called my fracas with the page, which made such noise,and which she regarded as a crucial step towards her eventual legal separation...

LCL 's friendships with women writers (besides Morgan) would surprise anyone not taking her seriously as a writer. When Germaine de Staël visited England, Lady Caroline was delighted to find her wearing a hat with...