Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne was one of the most influential of the political hostesses of the extended Regency period, and the wife of Whig politician Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne.
Portrait by George Romney
Portrait of Sir Ralph Milbanke by James Northcote, 1784
The Milbanke and Melbourne Families by George Stubbs, 1769
Lady Melbourne with the Duchess of Devonshire and Anne Damer in Witches Round the Cauldron by Daniel Gardner (1775)
Emily Temple, Viscountess Palmerston, styled The Honourable Emily Lamb from 1787 to 1805 and Countess Cowper from 1805 to 1839, was a leading figure of the Almack's social set, sister of Prime Ministe
Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne
…remained unmarried, probably due to Lady Melbourne's influence. It is believed that he was the father of Lady Melbourne's children William (born 1779), Emily (born 1787) and possibly Frederick (born 1782). Lord Melbourne, who had affairs of his own, was not greatly troubled by his wife's infidelities. Only…
Portrait of Lady Emily Lamb, aged 16, by Sir Thomas Lawrence
Portrait of Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper by William Owen, ca. 1810
Lord Cowper
Lady Palmerston in 1860