Caroline Norton
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Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton, Lady Stirling-Maxwell was an active English social reformer and author. She left her husband, who was accused by many of coercive behaviour, in 1836. Her husband then
Caroline Norton, by Sir George Hayter in 1832
Watercolour sketch of Caroline Norton by Emma Fergusson 1860, National Portrait Gallery of Scotland
Portrait engraving of Caroline Norton from the frontispiece of one of her books
Caroline Norton, detail of a portrait by Frank Stone, c. 1845
Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet, KT, FRSE was a Scottish historical writer, art historian and politician.
Caroline Norton
…in 1885. Caroline finally became free with George Norton's death in 1875. She married an old friend, the Scottish historical writer and politician Sir W. Stirling Maxwell in March 1877. Caroline died in London three months later. Caroline's eldest son, Fletcher Norton, died of tuberculosis in Paris at the age of 30. She…
Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, c. 1870, photograph by Thomas Annan