Sophia Johnstone Platamone, Duchess of Cannizzaro

(1765 c.-1841)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: St. Antonio, Sophia Platamone, Countess, d. 1841 LBT ID: DsCaliz VIAF ID: 103559713 LOC ID: no2009197664	B/BAP: 1765 DIED: 1841-01-03
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (February 1841) 216; Wikipedia ["George Johnstone"]; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The natural daughter and heir of Governor George Johnstone and Martha Ford; she married Francois Platamone, a Sicilian aristocrat, and was a society hostess in London.
REFERENCES TO Sophia Johnstone Platamone, Duchess of Cannizzaro: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Letter to the Right Hon. Lord Byron (Edinburgh: William Wright, 1821) Found 1: ¶ 25 Earl Grey to Thomas Creevey, 15 December 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. VI: 1827-28