Henrietta Frances Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, was the wife of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough; the couple were the parents of Lady Caroline Lamb. Her father, John Spencer, 1st Earl
Portrait by Angelica Kauffman, 1793
Lady Georgiana Spencer, Henrietta Spencer and George, Viscount Althorp, by Angelica Kauffman, c. 1766
Henrietta Ponsonby with her sons Frederick and John, by John Hoppner (1787)
Lady Caroline Lamb
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Lady Caroline Lamb was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and novelist, best known for Glenarvon, a Gothic novel. In 1812, she had an affair with Lord Byron, whom she described as "mad, bad, and dangerous to k
Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough
…Bessborough (née Spencer; 16 June 1761 – 11 November 1821), was the wife of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough; the couple were the parents of Lady Caroline Lamb. Her father, John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer, was a great-grandson of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Her sister was Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess…
Portrait of Lady Caroline Lamb by Thomas Lawrence, c. 1805
Portrait of Lord Melbourne by Thomas Lawrence, 1805.
Lady Caroline Lamb, née Ponsonby by John Hoppner