NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Melbourne, Elizabeth Milbanke Lamb, Viscountess, 1752-1818 NRA: Lamb Elizabeth (c 1752-1818) nee Hedworth Political Hostess and Agriculturalist wife of 1st Viscount Melbourne DNB: Lamb [née Milbanke], Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne (bap. 1751, d. 1818), political hostess and agricultural improver LBT ID: LyMelbo1 VIAF ID: 17386609 LOC ID: n50017550 | B/BAP: 1751-10-15 DIED: 1818-04-06 |
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Whig hostess married to Peniston Lamb, first Viscount Melbourne (1744-1828); she was the
confidant of Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire, the mother of William Lamb (1779-1848), and
mother-in-law of Lady Caroline Lamb. | |