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Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne (née Milbanke; 1751 – 1818) was one of the most influential of the political hostesses of the extended Regency period, and the wife of Whig politician Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne.
15 de ene. de 2013 · A short biography of Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne, leading Whig hostess and mother of William Lamb, Lord Melbourne, Prime Minister.
other name:(Viscountess) Melbourne. other name:Milbanke, Elizabeth. Details. individual; British; Female. Life dates. c. 1751-1818. Biography. Political hostess and agricultural improver; daughter of Sir Ralph Milbanke, married Sir Peniston Lamb in 1769.
Viscountess Melbourne Biography: ODNB link for Lamb, Elizabeth (c 1752-1818) nee Hedworth, Political Hostess and Agriculturalist, wife of 1st Viscount Melbourne
Hace 3 días · Lord Byron, shortly before his brief, doomed marriage to her niece Annabella Milbanke, described Elizabeth Lamb, Lady Melbourne (known to the admiring young poet as Lady M), as ‘the best friend I ever had in my life, and the cleverest of women’.
Elizabeth Lamb (née Milbanke), Viscountess Melbourne (baptised 1751-1818), Political hostess and agricultural improver. Sitter in 6 portraits
21 de jun. de 2021 · The Three Witches from Macbeth (Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne; Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire; Anne Seymour Damer) by Daniel Gardner, 1775, NPG 6903. This unusual group portrait depicts three of the most politically influential and socially notorious women of the period.
