Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley

Lady Emmeline Stuart-Worley
Lady Emmeline Stuart-Worley
	Portrait by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr (1779–1856), after Sir Francis Grant (1803–1878)
Born	Lady Emmeline Charlotte Elizabeth Manners; 1806
Died	20 October 1855 (aged 48–49)
Occupation(s)	Poet, writer
Spouse	Charles Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (m. 1831; died 1844)
Children	Victoria, Lady Welby
Parents	John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland; Lady Elizabeth Howard;

Lady Emmeline Charlotte Elizabeth Stuart-Wortley (née Manners; 1806 – 20 October 1855) was an English poet and writer, best known for her Travels in the United States, etc. During 1849 and 1850. She was editor of The Keepsake volumes for 1837 and 1840.^[1]

She was a daughter of John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland, and his wife, the former Lady Elizabeth Howard. On 17 February 1831, married Hon. Charles Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, a son of James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe. They had a daughter, Victoria, Lady Welby.^[2]

After the death of her husband in 1844, she began to travel as a wealthy Victorian widow, along with her daughter, Victoria. In October 1855, she died of dysentery in the area between Antioch and Beirut, while travelling through Ottoman Empire regions following the history of the early Christians.^[3]

^ The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, 1940, vol. 1, p. 807
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[1] The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, 1940, vol. 1, p. 807

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