Daughter of the third earl of Bessborough; she married the Hon. William Lamb (1779-1848) and fictionalized her infatuation with Lord Byron in her first novel, Glenarvon (1816).

REFERENCES TO Lady Caroline Lamb [née Ponsonby]:

Duchess of Devonshire to Lady Melbourne, [24 November 1802] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)

Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 25 March 1812 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Mrs. J. H. Peterson to Lady Melbourne, [August 1812] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)

Mrs. J. H. Peterson to Lady Caroline Lamb, [August 1812] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)

Lord Byron to Lady Caroline Lamb, [August? 1812] in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Lady Bessborough to Lady Melbourne, [September? 1812] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)

Lady Melbourne to Lord Byron, [October? 1812] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)

Lady Caroline Lamb to Lady Melbourne, [1813] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)

Lord Byron to Francis Hodgson, 3 January 1813 in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878)

Annabella Milbanke to Lady Melbourne, [July? 1813] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)

Duchess of Beaufort to Lady Hollad, 8 July 1813 in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)

Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 13 July 1813 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to John Murray, 22 November 1813 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to John Murray, 28 November 1813 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Frederick Lamb to Lady Melbourne, 1815 in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)

Samuel Rogers to Sarah Rogers, 14 October 1815 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Theresa Villiers to Lady Byron, 12 May [1816] in Astarte: a Fragment of Truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (London: Christophers, 1921)

John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 16 May 1816 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)

Lady Holland to Eleanor Creevey, 21 May 1816 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Augusta Leigh to Francis Hodgson, 10 June 1816 in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878)

John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 22 July 1816 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)

Lord Byron to Augusta Leigh, 27 August 1816 in Astarte: a Fragment of Truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (London: Christophers, 1921)

Lord Byron to Augusta Leigh, 14 September in Astarte: a Fragment of Truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (London: Christophers, 1921)

Lady Byron to Augusta Leigh, 2 October [1816] in Astarte: a Fragment of Truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (London: Christophers, 1921)

Lord Byron to Augusta Leigh, 3 June 1817 in Astarte: a Fragment of Truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (London: Christophers, 1921)

Lord Byron to John Murray, 21 August 1817 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, [26 January? 1819] in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, 5 February 1819 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Lady Caroline Lamb to William Godwin, 25 February 1819 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876)

William Godwin to Lady Caroline Lamb, 25 February 1819 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876)

Lord Byron to Augusta Leigh, 28 September 1819 in Astarte: a Fragment of Truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (London: Christophers, 1921)

Augusta Leigh to Lady Byron, 21 December 1819 in Astarte: a Fragment of Truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (London: Christophers, 1921)

Lady Byron to Augusta Leigh, 23 December [1819] in Astarte: a Fragment of Truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (London: Christophers, 1921)

Lady Byron to Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, 29 January 1820 in Astarte: a Fragment of Truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (London: Christophers, 1921)

Lord Byron to John Murray, 28 September 1821 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

William Lamb to John Murray, 20 December 1822 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

William Ponsonby to Lady Morgan, [May 1823] in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Georgina Hawtre to Lady Morgan, 22 November 1827 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Dr. Goddard to William Lamb, 13 December 1827 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Countess of Charleville to Lady Morgan, 30 December [1827] in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

William Ponsonby to Lady Morgan, 26 January [1828] in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Dr. Goddard to Lady Morgan, 10 February 1828 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)