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Emily Temple, Viscountess Palmerston
The Viscountess Palmerston | |
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 Portrait of Lady Emily Lamb, aged 16, by Sir Thomas Lawrence | |
| Born | Emily Lamb 1787 |
| Died | 1869 (aged 81–82) |
| Known for | Spouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom (1855–58; 1859–65) |
| Spouses | |
| Children | George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper Lady Emily Cowper William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple Charles Cowper Frances Jocelyn, Viscountess Jocelyn |
| Parent(s) | Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne Elizabeth Milbanke |
Emily Temple, Viscountess Palmerston (née Lamb, later Clavering-Cowper; 1787–1869), 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 Minister Lord Melbourne, wife of the 5th Earl Cowper, and subsequently wife of another Prime Minister Lord Palmerston.
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