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Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne (née Milbanke; 1751 – 1818) was one of the most influential of the political hostesses of the extended Regency period, and the wife of Whig politician Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne.
Viscountess Melbourne Biography: ODNB link for Lamb, Elizabeth (c 1752-1818) nee Hedworth, Political Hostess and Agriculturalist, wife of 1st Viscount Melbourne
Lady M is the story of Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne (1751-1818), a powerful and ambitious Georgian socialite and political hostess for the Whigs.
Aug 1, 2018 · Lady M: The Life and Loves of Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne 1751-1818. Colin Brown. 4.32. 34 ratings8 reviews. At a time of emerging women leaders, the life of Elizabeth Milbanke, Viscountess Melbourne, the shrewdest political hostess of the Georgian period, is particularly intriguing.
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Jan 15, 2013 · A short biography of Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne, leading Whig hostess and mother of William Lamb, Lord Melbourne, Prime Minister.
Lord Byron, shortly before his brief, doomed marriage to her niece Annabella Milbanke, described Elizabeth Lamb, Lady Melbourne (known to the admiring young poet as Lady M), as ‘the best friend I ever had in my life, and the cleverest of women’.
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The man for whom HW left Lord Craven, probably in late 1801, was Frederic Lamb, one of a remarkably talented family whose mother, Lady Melbourne, was believed to advance their careers (including that...
