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Caroline Elizabeth Mary Stuart-Wortley, Baroness Wharncliffe (née Crichton; 1779–1856), styled Lady Caroline Crichton from 1789 until her marriage, was an Irish-born British aristocrat and female artist known for her landscape and figurative drawing and painting. A number of these artworks are in the
National Trust Collection.
Lord Wharncliffe died in December 1845, aged 69, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son,
Tate
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collection and archives.
Biography
Lady Caroline Elizabeth Mary Crichton was the daughter of John Crichton, 1st Earl Erne by his second wife, the former Lady Mary Caroline Hervey, daughter ofFrederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol
Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, (1 August 1730 – 8 July 1803), was an 18th-century Church of England, Anglican prelate.
Elected Bishop of Cloyne in 1767 and Translation (ecclesiastical), translated to the see of Derry in 1 ...
and elder sister of the notorious Lady Elizabeth Foster
Elizabeth Christiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (''née'' Hervey; 13 May 1758 – 30 March 1824) was an England, English aristocrat and letter writer. She is best known as Lady Elizabeth Foster, the close friend of Georgiana Cavendish, Du ...
.
She married James Stuart-Wortley, 1st Baron Wharncliffe
Colonel James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe, PC (6 October 1776 – 19 December 1845) was a British soldier and politician. A grandson of Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, he held office under Sir Robe ...
and had four children;
*John Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe
John Stuart-Wortley, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe FRS (20 April 1801 – 22 October 1855), was a British Tory politician. He served briefly as Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies between December 1834 and January 1835.
Background
A ...
(1801–1855)
*Hon. Charles Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie
Charles James Stuart-Wortley (3 June 180222 May 1844) was a British politician, the second son of James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe.
He was an observer at the French siege of Antwerp in 1832, and wrote an account of the a ...
(1802–1844)
*Hon. James Archibald Stuart-Wortley (1805–1881), Solicitor-General
A solicitor general is a government official who serves as the chief representative of the government in courtroom proceedings. In systems based on the English common law that have an attorney general or equivalent position, the solicitor general ...
*Hon. Caroline Jane Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (d. 12 June 1876), married on 30 August 1830 Hon. John Chetwynd-Talbot (1806–1852)
There are four portraits of her as a child in thNational Trust Collection.
Lord Wharncliffe died in December 1845, aged 69, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, John
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* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
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* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
, whose son Edward, 3rd Baron was created Earl of Wharncliffe in 1876. Elizabeth, Dowager Baroness Wharncliffe died in April 1856.
Personal life
Lady Wharncliffe was the daughter ofJohn Creighton, 1st Earl Erne
John Creighton, 1st Earl Erne, Privy Council of Ireland, PC (1731 – 15 September 1828), known as The Lord Erne between 1772 and 1781 and as The Viscount Erne between 1781 and 1789, was an Ireland, Irish peer and politician.
Erne was the eldest ...
and the granddaughter of Lord Stuart of Wortley, the first Conservative
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to be elected as a Member of Parliament for Sheffield
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. She married Lord Wharncliffe on 30 March 1799. They had four children:
* John Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe (1801–1855)
* Hon. Charles Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (1802–1844)
* Hon. James Archibald Stuart-Wortley (1805–1881), Solicitor-General
* Hon. Caroline Jane Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (d. 12 June 1876), married on 30 August 1830 Hon. John Chetwynd-Talbot (1806–1852)
Works
55 works, including one landscape painting and a series of sketches of models, by Lady Wharncliffe can be found, in the Tate Collection and Archive.Bibliography
The book 'The first Lady Wharncliffe and her family (1779-1856); v.1 / by her grandchildren Caroline Grosvenor and the late Charles Beilby, Lord Stuart of Wortley. 1927' is in the Royal Collection Trust.Further reading
Lady Wharncliffe's letters are kept by the National Archives.References
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