Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley

Lady Emmeline Charlotte Elizabeth Stuart-Wortley (née Manners; 1806 – 20 October 1855) was an English poet and writer, best known for her Travels in the United States, etc.

[1] She was a daughter of John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland, and his wife, the former Lady Elizabeth Howard.

They had a daughter, Victoria, Lady Welby.

[2] After the death of her husband in 1844, she began to travel as a wealthy Victorian widow, along with her daughter, Victoria.

In October 1855, she died of dysentery in the area between Antioch and Beirut, while travelling through Ottoman Empire regions following the history of the early Christians.