Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765-1815

LC control no.	n 50018497
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765-1815 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Hamilton, Lady, 1765-1815 Hart, Emily, 1765-1815 Hart, Emma, 1765-1815 Lyon, Amy, 1765-1815 Lyon, Emily, 1765-1815 Lyon, Emy, 1765-1815 Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1761?-1815
Associated country	England
Located	London (England) Naples (Italy)
Birth date	1765-04-26
Death date	1815-01-15
Place of birth	Ness (England)
Place of death	Calais (France)
Profession or occupation	Artists' models Ambassadors' spouses Mistresses
Found in	Corti, E.C. Nelsons Kampf um Lady Hamilton, c1983: t.p. (Lady Hamilton) p. 10 (neé Emma Hart) Sinoué, G. L'ambassadrice, c2002: p. 4 of cover (Lady Hamilton, née Emily Lyon ... le 26 avril 1765) Enc. Brittanica online, Apr. 22, 2002 (Hamilton, Emma, Lady; original name Amy Lyon; mistress of British naval hero Adm. Horation Nelson; also called herself Emily Hart) Emma Hamilton, 2016: p. 33 (Emy Lyon; b. 1765 in a Cheshire mining village; moved to London 1777-1778; christened Emy but variously called Amy, Amyly, Emly, Emyly or Emily until 1782 when she settled on "Emma Hart"; married Sir William Hamilton in 1791; signed the register as Amy Lyon) p. 109 (arrives in Naples April, 26, 1786) p. 221 (left England in July 1814 to escape creditors and died 6 months later) Oxford dictionary of national biography, viewed online Dec. 28, 2016 (Hamilton [née Lyon], Emma, Lady Hamilton; bap. 1765; d. 1815; social celebrity and artist's model; born at Ness, Cheshire and baptized at Great Neston, May 12, 1765; d. Jan. 15, 1815, Calais) <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12063> Wikipedia, Dec. 28, 2016 (Emma, Lady Hamilton; b. Amy Lyon, in Ness, near Neston, Cheshire, England, Apr. 26, 1765; died January 15, 1815 in Calais; best remembered as the mistress of Lord Nelson and the muse of George Romney)
Associated language	eng