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Amelia Osborne, Marchioness of Carmarthen

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L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 174.
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A year after the birth of the last child, Amelia died and the titles were inherited by her eldest son, George. By his second wife, her widower became the father of the poet,
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to the titles of 12th Baroness Darcy de Knayth and 9th Baroness Conyers in her own right, and to the Portuguese countship of MĂ©rtola. Her right to the baronies of
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In early 1777 Amelia's mother Lady Holderness broke off relations with her daughter after the Carmarthens gave shelter to Richard Glover (son of
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Amelia Osborne, Marchioness of Carmarthen, 12th Baroness Darcy de Knayth, 9th Baroness Conyers, 5th Countess of MĂ©rtola
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Sophia Georgina Byron (July 1779 – died aged two months; buried at Twickenham on 18 September 1779).
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In December 1778 Lady Carmarthen's marriage ended when she ran off with Captain
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On 16 May 1778, as the only surviving child of her father, Amelia succeeded
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The Fall of the House of Byron: Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England
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was eventually confirmed in 1798, long after her death.
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François-Hubert Drouais
Francis Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen
John "Mad Jack" Byron
George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds
Mary Pelham, Countess of Chichester
Francis Osborne, 1st Baron Godolphin
Augusta Leigh
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
Mary Doublet
British peer
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
the former Mary Doublet
François-Hubert Drouais
Francis Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen
Lord George William Frederick Osborne
1st Marquess Townshend
Lady Mary Henrietta Juliana Osborne
Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester
Lord Francis Osborne
1st Baron Auckland
the poet
Solomon Dayrolles
Darcy de Knayth
Conyers
John "Mad Jack" Byron
Augusta Maria Byron
Lord Byron
"Portrait of Lady Amelia Darcy"
Horace Walpole

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