Emily Charlotte de Burgh, Countess of Cork

Emily Charlotte de Burgh, Countess of Cork (19 October 1828 - 10 October 1912) was a British poet, writer, and member of the Irish aristocracy.

Lady
Emily Charlotte de Burgh
Countess of Cork
The Lady Emily Dungarvan
BornEmily Charlotte de Burgh
1828
Died1912
Noble familyBurke
Spouse(s)Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork
Issue
FatherUlick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde
MotherHarriet Canning

Biography

Cork was born on 19 October 1828 to Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde and Harriet Canning, daughter of British Prime Minister George Canning. She was their second daughter. She married Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork on 20 July 1853. She was known as The Lady Emily Dungarvan until she became Countess of Cork in 1856, upon her husband's ascension to the earldom. The couple had seven children. Cork wrote poetry, short stories and articles which was published in periodicals such as The Pall Mall Magazine and in 1903 she published Letters to and from Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery and John Boyle, Earl of Cork and Orrery.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] She died in London in 1912.[6][8]

Bibliography

Poems
  • To Friends after Death, (1886)
  • Les Laveuses de Nuit, (1900)
  • Work On—Stand Fast, (1898)

Articles
  • The Chronicle of a Street, (1895)
  • Early Romances of the Century, (1896)
  • Etiquette: Its Uses, Abuses, Changes, and Phases, (1901)
  • "Our Neighbour", (1891)
  • Society Again!, (1893)
  • Three Types of Womanhood, (1889)
  • Types of Character in the Book of Proverbs, (1892)
  • A Woman's View, (1897)

Short stories, Books
  • The True Legend of the Zephyr and the Rose, (1893)
  • The Orrery Papers, Vols I and II, (1903)

References and sources
  1. Houghton, W.E. (2013). The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. Taylor & Francis. p. 846. ISBN 978-1-135-79550-4. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  2. "Holdings: The Lady Emily Dungarvan". Catalogue. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  3. "Person Page". Main Page. 2017-11-24. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  4. "Catalog Record: The Orrery papers". HathiTrust Digital Library. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  5. "Stories, Listed by Author". 1902-06-10. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  6. Ltd, e3 Media (1908-08-11). "Lady Emily Charlotte de Burgh Countess of Cork (1828-1912) 1246591". National Trust Collections (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  7. Disraeli, B.; Conacher, J.B.; Matthews, J.; Gunn, J.A.W.; Wiebe, M.G.; Wiebe, M.G.; Millar, M.S. (1982). Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1848-1851. Benjamin Disraeli Letters (in Indonesian). University of Toronto Press. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-8020-2927-0. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  8. Remmé, Richard (1912-10-10). "Lady Emily Charlotte de (Emily Charlotte de) Burgh (1828-1912) » Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » Genealogy Online". Genealogy Online. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
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