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Regency Women of Character: Letty Lade

By Anne | April 14, 2014 - 1:43 pm |January 11, 2015 Regency Villains, Regency Women of Character

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Letitia (Letty) Lade nee Derby was likely a member of the Drury Lane working class before rising to tonnish circles. Some sources suggest her father Continue →

Regency Women of Character: Lady Castlereagh

By Anne | January 20, 2013 - 3:27 pm |May 13, 2016 Regency Women of Character

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Amelia Anne Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry (20 February 1772 – 12 February 1829) was born Amelia Hobart, daughter of the Earl of Buckinghamshire. After her Continue →

Regency Women of Character: Mary Somerville

By Anne | October 29, 2012 - 8:26 pm |April 11, 2014 Musings, Regency Science and Invention, Regency Women of Character

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Mary Fairfax Somerville (26 December 1780 – 28 November 1872) was the daughter of British Vice-Admiral Sir William George Fairfax, (from the distinguished family of Continue →