Lady Emma Hamilton

Lady Emma Hamilton (1763-1815), née Amy Lyon or "Hart," born at Ness, Cheshire, a labourer's daughter. She appeared as the Lady in the charlatan Graham's "Temple of Health," London. She became the mother of two illegitimate children, and subsequently was the "geliebte" of the Hon. Charles Greville and of his uncle Sir Wm. Hamilton, whose wife she became in 1791. Her notorious and lawless intimacy with Lord Nelson began in 1793, and in 1801 their daughter Horatia was born. Although left a widow with a goodly fortune, she fell into debt and died in poverty.

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