NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829 DNB: Farren [Farran], Elizabeth [married name Elizabeth Smith Stanley, countess of Derby] (1759x62-1829), actress LBT ID: ElFarre1829 VIAF ID: 48791268 LOC ID: no91024272 | B/BAP: 1759 DIED: 1829-04-23 |
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Comic actress; she was courted by Charles James Fox but became the lover and later the
wife of the Earl of Derby upon the death of Elizabeth Hamilton in 1797. | |