Lady Charlotte Elliot

This article is about the poet. For the hymnwriter, see Charlotte Elliott. For the botanist, see Charlotte Elliott (botanist).

Lady Charlotte Elliot
Born
Hon. Charlotte Carnegie

(1839-07-22)22 July 1839
Farnell, Angus
Died15 January 1880(1880-01-15) (aged 40)
Spouses
Thomas Fotheringham
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(m. 1860; died 1864)​
Frederick Boileau Elliot
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(m. 1868)​
ChildrenGilbert Compton Elliot
Parent(s)Sir James Carnegie, 5th Baronet
Charlotte Lysons
RelativesJames Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk (brother)

Lady Charlotte Elliot (22 July 1839 – 15 January 1880),[1] born Charlotte Carnegie, was a Scottish poet born on 22 July 1839 in the parish of Farnell, Angus (possibly at Kinnaird Castle). Despair and abandonment are prominent in her three volumes.

  1. ^ "Lady Charlotte Elliot". Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present. 2006. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2013.