Regency Women of Character – Page 10

Regency Women of Character: Sarah Trimmer

By Anne | September 30, 2011 - 2:40 pm |September 30, 2011 Regency Women of Character

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Born in 1741, Sarah Trimmer nee Kirby was a writer, philanthropist and reformer whose focus on education and children’s literature helped influence a movement towards Continue →

Regency Women of Character: Mary Linwood

By anneglover | June 30, 2011 - 9:15 pm |September 16, 2016 Regency Women of Character

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Mary Linwood was born in Birmingham in 1756 and at the age of nine moved with her family to Leicester after her winemaker father went bankrupt. Continue →

Regency Women of Character: Dorothea Lieven

By anneglover | November 22, 2010 - 9:07 am |November 22, 2010 Regency Women of Character

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“It is a pity Countess Lieven wears skirts”, the Tsar Alexander wrote to his foreign minister Count Nesselrode. “She would have made an excellent diplomat.” Continue →

Regency Women of Charater: Lady Jersey

By anneglover | May 9, 2010 - 7:12 am |May 9, 2010 Musings, Regency Women of Character

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Sarah Sophia Villiers, daughter of the 10th Earl of Westmorland, became Lady Jersey upon marriage to George Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey in 1804. Nicknamed, Continue →