Jane Harley, Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer
Jane Harley, Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer | |
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George Gordon Byron | |
| Children | Edward Harley, Lord Harley Alfred Harley, 6th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer Jane Bickersteth, Lady Langdale Lady Charlotte Bacon Lady Anne Harley Lady Frances Vernon Harcourt |
| Parent(s) | Reverend James Scott, M.A. |
Jane Elizabeth Harley, Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer (née Scott; 1774–1824) was an English noblewoman, known as a patron of the
Reform movement and a lover of Lord Byron
.
Life
She was a daughter of the Reverend James Scott, M.A., Vicar of
Harleian Miscellany" due to uncertainties over whether her husband was their father, but the marriage did not break up. Even in the easy-going world of the Regency aristocracy, her affairs were considered to have put her beyond the pale, and few people were prepared to receive her or call on her. Ironically, given their shared interest in Byron, Caroline Lamb was one of her few friends, although Caroline could not resist caricaturing her in her novel Glenarvon.[1]
Children
Among her children were:
- Edward Harley, Lord Harley (20 January 1800 – 1 January 1828).
- Alfred Harley, 6th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.
- Lady Jane Elizabeth Harley; married Henry Bickersteth, raised to the peerage as Baron Langdale.
- Lady Charlotte Mary Harley (b. 1801 or 1809, d 1880); in 1823 married Anthony Bacon.
- Lady Anne Harley; married Signor Giovanni Battista Rabitti Count St. George.
- Lady Frances Harley; married Lt.-Col. Henry Vernon Harcourt, Esq., the son of the Archbishop of York.
References
- ^ Cecil, David. Melbourne Pan Books. 1969. p.90-91
Sources
- Byron's letters and journals, page 286
- http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Literary/Byron.htm
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