RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

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Rosina Lytton letter (RLC.Ms.561)

Redwood Library and Athenaeum

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Newport, RI 02840
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Biographical note

Baroness Rosina Anne Doyle Bulwer Lytton (1802-1882) was born on November 4, 1802, in County Limerick, Ireland. She wrote and published fourteen novels, a volume of essays, and a volume of letters during her lifetime. She was married to English novelist and politician, Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) and had two children: Lady Emily Elizabeth Bulwer-Lytton (1828-1848) and Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton. She died on March 12, 1882, at her home in London.