NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cowper, Emily Lamb, Countess, 1787-1869 DNB: Temple [née Lamb], Emily Mary [Amelia], Viscountess Palmerston (1787-1869), political hostess LBT ID: LyCowpe5 VIAF ID: 42226408 LOC ID: no90004745 | B/BAP: 1787-04-21 DIED: 1869-09-11 |
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Whig hostess, the daughter of Sir Peniston Lamb, first Viscount Melbourne; she married
(1) in 1805 Sir Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau Cowper, fifth Earl Cowper, and (2) in
1839, her long-time lover, Henry John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston. | |