Emily Lamb, Lady Cowper
Emily Lamb (1787–1869) was a leading figure of the Almack's social set, sister to Prime Minister Lord Melbourne, and wife to Prime Minister Lord Palmerston.
Read more about Emily Lamb, Lady Cowper: The Lamb Family, First Marriage, The Affair With Palmerston, Marriage To Palmerston, Death and Children
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“I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day,
I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away,
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