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WIVES OF
THE PRIME MINISTERS

WIVES OF THE
PRIME MINISTERS
1844–1906

BY
ELIZABETH LEE
AUTHOR OF “OUIDA: A MEMOIR” ETC.

WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY
Mrs. C. F. G. MASTERMAN

London
NISBET & CO. LIMITED
22 BERNERS STREET, W. 1

My most cordial thanks are due to Mrs.Drew for permission to print the extractsfrom Mrs. Gladstone’s manuscriptdiary, and to reproduce the portrait whichforms the frontispiece to this book; to Mr.Wilfrid W. Ashley, who most kindly invited meto Broadlands and gave me permission to printextracts from some of the letters of LadyPalmerston in his possession; to Lady Batterseafor a similar permission in regard to letters fromMrs. Disraeli; and to the Hon. George Peelfor information about Lady Peel’s family andher early childhood. Thanks are also due toMr. Stuart M. Ellis for information concerningBulwer and Lady Caroline Lamb. It wouldbe impossible to acknowledge separately thepublished sources consulted, but I have doneso wherever possible.

E. L.

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