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Lamb, Caroline, Lady, 1785-1828

LC control no.n 78086434
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LC classificationPR4859.L9
Personal name headingLamb, Caroline, Lady, 1785-1828
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Variant(s)Lamb, Caroline Ponsonby, Lady, 1785-1828
Birth date1785-11-13
Death date1828-01-25
Profession or occupationNovelists
Found inHer Glenarvon, 1993: CIP t.p. (Caroline Lamb)
Literary Encyclopedia, accessed January 17, 2019: (Lady Caroline Lamb, born Caroline Ponsonby on November 13, 1785, in London. She was the daughter of Frederick Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon, and his wife, Henrietta Elizabeth, whose sister was Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. When Lord Duncannon inherited his father's title and became Earl Bessborough, Caroline received the honorific title of "Lady," which she kept until she died)
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Wikipedia, access January 17, 2019: (Lady Caroline Lamb (née Ponsonby; 13 November 1785 - 25 January 1828), known as the Honourable Caroline Ponsonby until her father succeeded to the earldom in 1793, was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and novelist, best known for her work Glenarvon, a Gothic novel. She is also known for her affair with Lord Byron in 1812. Her husband was The Hon. William Lamb, who later became Viscount Melbourne and Prime Minister. However, she was never the Viscountess Melbourne because she died before Melbourne succeeded to the peerage)
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