She also inherited the Castello di Nelson, a grand manor house built by Horatio Nelson, and its large estate between Bronte and Maniace in Sicily[3] on the north-west foothills of Mount Etna, held by her descendants until 1982.

Her father found the local inhabitants were "turbulent, restless people" troublesome to the management of the estate, and like his brother the Admiral he never set foot in it.

[8] He was succeeded in his title by their eldest son, Alexander who was later created Viscount Bridport in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

[7] Through her daughter Charlotte, she was a grandmother of Maj.-Gen. Sir Alexander Nelson Rochfort (1850–1916), who served as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

[10] Through her son Alexander, she was a grandmother of Arthur Hood, 2nd Viscount Bridport (1839–1924); Commander Hon.