Lady Pamela Campbell

She was the eldest daughter of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, a leader of the Irish Rebellion of 1798,[1] and his wife Pamela Syms of France.

[2] Her mother is believed to have been the illegitimate daughter of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis.

[3][4] Pamela Fitzgerald married Major-General Sir Guy Campbell, whom she had met in Scotland, in either 1818 or 1820.

[1][2] Sir Guy had been made a Baronet for his military service, having been wounded in combat and having served at the Battle of Waterloo.

[2] Campbell was a friend of fellow Irish novelist Lady Sydney Morgan[5] and a correspondent of George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle.