Elizabeth Armistead

Elizabeth Armistead
Born
Elizabeth Bridget Cane

(1750-07-11)11 July 1750
Greenwich, England
Died8 July 1842(1842-07-08) (aged 91)
NationalityEnglish
Occupation(s)Courtesan, actress
SpouseCharles James Fox

Elizabeth Bridget Armistead or Armitstead (11 July 1750 – 8 July 1842) was a courtesan and, later, the wife of statesman and politician Charles James Fox. Her relationship with and marriage to Fox was one of the most famous and controversial of their age.[1]

  1. ^ "The way up was horizontal". The Daily Telegraph. 17 August 2003. Retrieved 23 June 2016.