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Eliza Willoughby, Lady Middleton
Born16 June 1847
Moy House, Moray, Scotland
Died27 April 1922 (aged 74)
Birdsall House, Yorkshire
OccupationWriter
Spouse Digby Willoughby, 9th Baron Middleton ​ ​(m. 1869)​
Parent(s)Sir Alexander Gordon-Cumming of Altyre, 3rd Baronet
Anne Pitcairn Campbell

Eliza Maria Gordon-Cumming Willoughby, Lady Middleton (16 June 1847 – 27 April 1922) was a Scottish poet.

Eliza Maria Gordon-Cumming was born on 16 June 1847, the daughter of Sir Alexander Penrose Gordon-Cumming, 3rd Baronet and Anne Pitcairn Campbell. In 1869, she married Digby Wentworth Bayard Willoughby, the future 9th Baron Middleton. She died on 27 April 1922 in Birdsall House.

Bibliography

  • On the North Wind, Thistledown (1874)
  • Ballads (1878)
  • The story of Alastair Bhan Comyn; or, The tragedy of Dunphail; a tale of tradition and romance (1889)

References

  1. ^ "Births". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 21 June 1847. p. 1.
  2. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (107th ed.). Burke's Peerage. p. 1591. doi:10.5118/bpbk.2003. ISBN 978-0-9711966-2-9.
  3. ^ Reilly, Catherine W. (2000). Mid-Victorian poetry, 1860-1879 : an annotated biobibliography. London : Mansell. p. 499-500. ISBN 978-1-84714-179-8. OCLC 228658603.
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