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About Sophia Burdett
f Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet and the former Sophia Coutts, daughter of banker Thomas Coutts. In 1837 she became one of the wealthiest women in England when she inherited her grandfather's fortune of around £1.8 million pounds sterling, following the death of her stepgrandmother, Harriot Mellon. She joined the surnames of her father and grandfather, by royal licence, to become Burdett-Coutts. Edward VII is reported to have described her as, "[a]fter my mother, the most remarkable woman in the kingdom."[1]
http://www.lordbyron.org/persRec.php?&selectPerson=SoBurde1844
Information on Lady Sophia Coutts' daughter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Burdett-Coutts,_1st_Baroness_B...
was a nineteenth-century philanthropist, the daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet and the former Sophia Coutts, daughter of banker Thomas Coutts. In 1837 she became one of the wealthiest women in England when she inherited her grandfather's fortune of around £1.8 million pounds sterling, following the death of her stepgrandmother, Harriot Mellon. She joined the surnames of her father and grandfather, by royal licence, to become Burdett-Coutts. Edward VII is reported to have described her as, "[a]fter my mother, the most remarkable woman in the kingdom."[1]
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Sophia Burdett's Timeline
1775 |
1775
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London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
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1794 |
August 2, 1794
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1796 |
April 16, 1796
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Piccadilly, London, Greater London, UK
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1800 |
December 1800
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1804
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1808
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1814 |
April 21, 1814
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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1844 |
January 12, 1844
Age 69
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London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
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