Emma Gilbert

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Emma Gilbert (married Emma Edgcumbe, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe ) (born July 28, 1729 , † December 22, 1807 ) was a British noblewoman.

Origin and marriage

Emma Gilbert was the only child of the Anglican clergyman John Gilbert and his wife Margaret Sherard . Her father became Bishop of Llandaff in 1740 , Bishop of Salisbury in 1748, and Archbishop of York in 1757 . He died on August 9, 1761, shortly after his death, on August 16, 1761, Emma married George Edgcumbe, 3rd Baron Edgcumbe .

Ascent to the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe

Together with her husband, Emma designed Cotehele , the old ancestral home of the Edgcumbe family , as a medieval country house. They wanted to clarify the old ancestry of the Edgcumbe family. In August 1781, King George III visited and his wife Charlotte Cotehele and Mount Edgcumbe House, where George Edgcumbe was raised to Viscount Valletort . On another royal visit, her husband was elevated to Earl of Mount Edgcumbe in 1789 . Accordingly, Emma received the courtesy titles Viscountess Valletort and Countess of Mount Edgcumbe .

Others

Emma Gilbert was an eccentric personality. She is said to have kept a domestic pig named Cupid who sat with her at the table on Mount Edgcumbe and which she also took with her on trips to London. When Cupid died, Emma had her buried in Mount Edgcumbe Park. Emma also played cards with her friends, also for money. In the 1790s, this was so contrary to common moral concepts that Emma was the target of satirical representations several times. She caricatured James Gillray several times , including alluding to her title as Witch, upon a mount's Edge .

family

Emma Gilbert had a son with her husband George Edgcumbe, who died in 1795:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rachel Hunt: Cotehele, Cornwall. A souvenir guide . National Trust, Swindon, ISBN 978-1-84359-428-4 , p. 22
  2. ↑ Cynthia Gaskell Brown: Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park: Guidebook , Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park, Torpoint 2003, p. 22
personal data
SURNAME Gilbert, Emma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Edgcumbe, Emma; Edgcumbe, Emma, ​​Countess of Mount Edgcumbe; Mount Edgcumbe, Emma Countess of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British nobles
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1729
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1807