Emmeline Stuart-Wortley

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Emmeline Stuart-Wortley

Emmeline Charlotte Elizabeth Stuart-Wortley (born May 2, 1806 , † October 20, 1855 in Beirut) was a British writer.

origin

She was born Emmeline Manners, the second daughter of John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland , and his wife Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle .

Life

After she had previously been courted by Prince Leopold von Sachsen-Coburg , she married the politician Charles Stuart-Wortley , the second son of James Stuart-Wortley, 1st Baron Wharncliffe, on February 17, 1831 . Together with her wealthy husband, she made several trips abroad to the Netherlands, Italy and Russia. In the summer and autumn of 1838 she made a trip through southeast Europe, where she came to Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria and other European areas of the Ottoman Empire . After the death of her husband, who died in 1844 as a result of a riding accident, and the death of her second son Adelbert in 1847, she intensified her travels. In 1848 she traveled to Italy and France, where she experienced the February Revolution . From spring 1849 to summer 1850, she and her daughter Victoria traveled through America, during which they visited parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico , Cuba , Panama , Ecuador and Jamaica . During this trip they met the Swiss-American scientist Louis Agassiz , the US Secretary of State Daniel Webster and the US President Zachary Taylor . In October 1851 she and her daughter began a trip to Lisbon , Madeira , Spain and Morocco. In 1853 they toured Northern Europe, and in January 1855 they set off for the Middle East with their daughter. Via Constantinople and Cairo , she came near Jerusalem on May 1st, where she broke her leg after being kicked by a mule. She did not completely heal the injury, but traveled on to Antioch . On the way to Beirut, she fell ill with dysentery in the desert . Her daughter also fell ill while her companions left her dying. After her death, her daughter was saved and taken to Beirut.

Poet and travel writer

She published her first volume of poetry in 1833, followed by another almost every year until 1844. In 1851, 1853 and 1854 she published her travel reports, in which she described her travels and experiences in an enthusiastic tone. In her writings, she describes the countries primarily from her point of view as a wealthy widow belonging to the British upper class.

Family and offspring

She had three children from her marriage to Charles Stuart-Wortley:

  • Archibald Henry (1832–1890) ∞ Lavinia Rebecca Gibbins
  • Adelbert William John († 1847)
  • Victoria Alexandrina (1837–1912) ∞ William Earle Welby-Gregory, 4th Baronet

Works (selection)

  • Poems . Murray, London 1833
  • Sonnets: written chiefly during a tour through Holland, Germany, Italy, Turkey, and Hungary . Rickerby, London 1839
  • Moonshine: a comedy in five acts . Dicks, London, around 1840
  • Travels in the United States during 1849 and 1850 . Galignani, Paris 1851
  • A Visit to Portugal and Madeira . Chapman and Hall, London 1854

Web links

  • Elizabeth Lee; Gill Gregory: Wortley, Lady Emmeline Charlotte Elizabeth Stuart- [née Lady Emmeline Charlotte Elizabeth Manners] (1806–1855). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of Parliament Online: STUART WORTLEY, Hon. Charles James (1802-1844), of Wortley Hall, Yorks. Retrieved September 20, 2014 .
  2. ^ Walter Schmitz: Significant and language. The articulate form of our expressive and interpretive resources . Benjamin, Amsterdam 1985. ISBN 978-90-272-3275-5 , pp. Xxiii
  3. ↑ The Spectator Archive: LADY EMMELINE STUART WORTLEY'S TRAVELS IN AMERICA. Retrieved September 20, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Stuart-Wortley, Emmeline
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, Emmeline Charlotte Elizabeth (full name); Manners, Emmeline (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1806
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1855
Place of death at Beirut