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Caroline Norton

1808 - 1877

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Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton, Lady Stirling-Maxwell (née Sheridan; 22 March 1808 – 15 June 1877) was an active English social reformer and author. She left her husband, who was accused by many of coercive behaviour, in 1836. Her husband then sued her close friend Lord Melbourne, then the Whig Prime Minister, for criminal conversation (adultery). Although the jury found her friend not guilty of adultery, she failed to gain a divorce and was denied access to her three sons due to the laws at the time which favoured fathers. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Caroline Norton is the 6,223rd most popular writer (up from 6,278th in 2019), the 5,361st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,349th in 2019) and the 587th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Caroline Norton ranks 6,223 out of 7,302. Before her are Patrick Grainville, Emmanuil Kazakevich, Maja Bošković-Stulli, Piers Anthony, Euphrase Kezilahabi, and Howard Jacobson. After her are Emma Willard, Edward Everett Hale, Stig Claesson, Franz Fühmann, Elizabeth Moon, and Andrew Vachss.

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Among people born in 1808, Caroline Norton ranks 73. Before her are Philipp Christoph Zeller, José María Urvina, Agustín Morales, José María Linares, Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, and Teréz Karacs. After her are Hugh McCulloch, James Gall, and Samuel Dakin. Among people deceased in 1877, Caroline Norton ranks 68. Before her are Henry Monnier, Filippo Parlatore, Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Ramón Cabrera, 1st Duke of Maestrazgo, Karl Ludwig Littrow, and Elizabeth F. Ellet. After her is Toru Dutt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Caroline Norton ranks 5,363 out of 8,785. Before her are Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951), Octavia Hill (1838), Benjamin Mountfort (1825), Mia Goth (1993), James Larkin (1876), and Tommy Gemmell (1943). After her are John George Children (1777), Constant Lambert (1905), Peter Cook (1937), Phyllis Logan (1956), Peter Hill-Wood (1936), and A. Edward Sutherland (1895).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Caroline Norton ranks 587. Before her are Thomas Traherne (1636), Julia Donaldson (1948), Nigella Lawson (1960), Christopher Fry (1907), Piers Anthony (1934), and Howard Jacobson (1942). After her are William Dunbar (1460), Anne Fine (1947), Sarah Trimmer (1741), Owen Barfield (1898), Dannie Abse (1923), and William Roscoe (1753).

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