Sarah Lyttelton, Baroness Lyttelton

Sarah Lyttelton, Baroness Lyttelton ( born as Lady Sarah Spencer ) ( born July 29, 1787 Althorp, Northamptonshire in the United Kingdom, † 1870 in Hagley ) was a British maid of honor, the governess of Edward VII and the wife of William Lyttelton, 3. Baron Lyttelton.

Family

She was the eldest daughter of the politician Sir George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer ( 1758-1834 ) and Lady Lavinia Bingham ( 1762-1831 ) was born. On March 1813, she married Sir William Henry Lyttelton, 3rd Lord Lyttelton. From the marriage were two daughters, Caroline (1816-1902) and Lavinia (1821-1850), and three sons, George (1817-1876), Spencer (1818-1889) and William (1820-1884) produced. On July 25, 1839 married her eldest son George (then 4th Baron) Mary, daughter of Sir Stephen Glynne. The wedding took place in Hawarden, the property of William Ewart Gladstone, instead. the same time Mary's sister Catherine married. George was a like his father a distinguished classical scholar, but committed suicide in 1876, suicide by downed the stairs. Sarah's daughter Lavinia later married Reverend Henry Glynne, the brother of Catherine and Mary Glynne.

Gentlewoman

Sarah Lyttelton widow in 1837, and shortly thereafter, she was the office of a maid of honor at Queen Victoria offered. In the course of time, Lyttelton earned the respect of the Queen and the Prince Consort, and in April 1843 was the governess of the royal children, which they called " laddle ", even when they were older. She was Lady of the Bedchamber of Queen Victoria.