Butler, Eleanor, Lady, 1738 or 1739-1829

Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, the British couple known as the Ladies of Llangollen. They set up home in 1780 in Plas Newydd, Wales, and over their fifty years together hosted some of the most celebrated literary figures of the day, including Robert Southey, Wordsworth, Shelley, Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott.

From the description of Ladies of Llangollen manuscript material : 5 items, ca. 1790-1825. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 77743699

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