Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton, Lady Stirling-Maxwell was an English social reformer and author active in the early and mid-19th century. Norton left her husband in 1836, following which he sued her close friend Lord Melbourne, the then Whig Prime Minister, for criminal conversation. The jury threw out the claim, but she was unable to obtain a divorce and was denied access to her three sons. Norton's intense campaigning led to the passing of the Custody of Infants Act 1839, the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 and the Married Women's Property Act 1870. Norton modelled for the fresco of Justice in the House of Lords by Daniel Maclise, who chose her because she was seen by many as a famous victim of injustice.
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Female
Full Name
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan
Date of Birth
March 22nd, 1808
Age
216
Birth Place
United Kingdom, England
Date of Death
June 15th, 1877
Died Aged
69
Star Sign
Aries
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Relatives
Georgiana Seymour, Duchess of Somerset
Sister
Caroline Henrietta Sheridan
Mother
Thomas Sheridan
Father
Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye
Sister
Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet
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