Angela burdett coutts biography of abraham lincoln
This thesis focuses on the life and artistic patronage of the Victorian philanthropist, Angela.
Angela Burdett-Coutts, the youngest of the six children of Sir Francis Burdett, the Radical MP, was born at 80 Piccadilly, London, on 21st April,.
Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts
British peeress and philanthropist (1814–1906)
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For other people with this name, see Burdett Coutts (disambiguation).
Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (néeBurdett; 21 April 1814 – 30 December 1906) was a British philanthropist, the daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet and Sophia, formerly 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 (equivalent to £210,000,000 in 2023) following the death of her stepgrandmother, Harriot Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans.
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]
Life
Burdett-Coutts was widely known as "the richest