Regency Women of Character – Page 2

Regency Women of Character: Lady Stirling-Maxwell

By Anne | July 20, 2025 - 8:14 am |August 9, 2025 Regency Women of Character

Sister to Helen Blackwood, and one of the Three Graces, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton nee Sheridan, Lady Stirling Maxwell was known to be an accomplished Continue →

Regency Women of Character: Madame Saqui (Updated)

By Anne | July 10, 2025 - 8:39 am |July 28, 2025 Regency Women of Character

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Appearing in the January 1820 edition of La Belle Assemblee, this brief biographical sketch of tight rope walker Madame Saqui highlights her active acrobatics. Beyond Continue →

Regency Women of Character: Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye

By Anne | May 24, 2025 - 9:24 am |June 11, 2025 Regency Women of Character

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Helen Blackwood nee Sheridan (1807-1867), Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye and later Countess of Gifford, was an Irish composer, poet, songwriter, and author who was not Continue →

Regency Women of Character: Lady Henrietta Antonia Clive, Countess of Powis

By Anne | April 14, 2025 - 8:35 am |May 3, 2025 Regency Science and Invention, Regency Women of Character

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Countess of Powis, Lady Henrietta Antonia Clive (1758-1830), was a writer, mineral collector, botantist and is now credited with creating one of the earliest systematic Continue →