Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Elizabeth Lamb Viscountess Melbourne
Standard Name: Melbourne, Elizabeth Lamb,,, Viscountess
Used Form: Lady Melbourne
Connections
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Family and Intimate relationships | George Gordon sixth Baron Byron | Lord Byron
's marriage to Annabella Milbanke
was at least in part engineered by Lady Melbourne
, mother-in-law of Lady Caroline Lamb
. Annabella had refused Byron once before she accepted him. Douglass, Paul. Lady Caroline Lamb. Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. 128-30, 134-5 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Harriette Wilson | The man for whom HW
left Lord Craven, probably in late 1801, was Frederic Lamb
, one of a remarkably talented family whose mother, Lady Melbourne
, was believed to advance their careers (including that... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Caroline Lamb | After almost a year's separation, Byron
and LCL
had a meeting brokered by Lady Melbourne
and Lady Bessborough
with the idea of convincing Caroline that the affair was over. Douglass, Paul. Lady Caroline Lamb. Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. 148-9 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Caroline Lamb | 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. Douglass, Paul. “Playing Byron: Lady Caroline Lambs Glenarvon and the Music of Isaac Nathan”. European Romantic Review, Vol. 8 , 1997, pp. 1-24. 3 Douglass, Paul. Lady Caroline Lamb. Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. 160, 179-80 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Caroline Lamb | She told Sydney Morgan she had her first experience of falling in love at twelve. Morgan, Sydney Owenson, Lady. Lady Morgan’s Memoirs. Editors Dixon, William Hepworth and Geraldine Jewsbury, AMS Press, 1975, 2 vols. 2: 212 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Caroline Lamb | Her mother then fell ill; Caroline was persuaded that she was to blame and in early September, her parents and husband bore her off to Bessborough House in Kilkenny, Ireland. Douglass, Paul. Lady Caroline Lamb. Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. 126 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Caroline Lamb | Her mother-in-law, Lady Melbourne
, had already died, in April 1818. Douglass, Paul. Lady Caroline Lamb. Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. 212 |
Friends, Associates | Anne Damer | AD
's wide circle of friends included Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
, Lady Melbourne
, Joanna Baillie
, Sarah Siddons
, the Berrysisters
, the dramatist Lady Elizabeth Craven (formerly Berkeley, later Margravine of Anspach) |
Friends, Associates | Georgiana Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire | The Duchess of Devonshire knew virtually everyone in London society. Set apart was the Devonshire House Circle: a clique of wealthy and fashionable Whigs with rakish or bohemian leanings, who even spoke in their... |
Leisure and Society | Anne Damer | AD
was often a subject for other artists. Sometime before 1775 Daniel Gardner
painted an unusual fancy picture of her, with her friends Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
(a particularly frequent sitter on account of her... |
Publishing | Isabella Kelly | Subscribers included John Julius Angerstein
, a colonel related to Anne Bannerman
, Jemima Kindersley
's husband, Frances Boscawen
, Mary Champion de Crespigny
, Henrietta Fordyce
, Lord Hawke
, Countess Lonsdale
(the eldest... |
Textual Features | Lady Caroline Lamb | The printed selection begins with girlhood letters to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
's elder daughter. It goes on to include correspondence with friends and publishers, analyses of feelings and comments on the experience of pregnancy... |
Textual Production | George Paston | GP
had discovered these letters—written by, among others, Elizabeth Pigot
, Lady Caroline Lamb
, Augusta Leigh
, Lady Melbourne
, Annabella Milbanke
, Claire Clairmont
, and the actresses Susan Boyce
and Mrs Spencer... |
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