Category Archives: Regency Women of Character

Regency Women of Character: Lady Castlereagh

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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

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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 →

Regency Women of Character: Women at Waterloo

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During a lull in fighting at Waterloo in 1815, British solidiers found the bodies of two women.  “I saw one of them,” wrote Captain Henry Continue →