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 Lady Mount Temple and her adopted daughter Juliet in 1887 | |
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| Born | Georgina Elizabeth Tollemache 1822 (1822) |
| Died | 17 October 1901(1901-10-17) (aged 78–79) |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | John Richard Delap Tollemache Lady Elizabeth Stratford |
Georgina Elizabeth Cowper-Temple, Baroness Mount Temple (néeTollemache; 1822 – 17 October 1901) was an English religious enthusiast, humanitarian, and animal welfare campaigner. She was the second wife ofWilliam Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple. Lady Mount Temple was active in theTemperance Movement and theRoyal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and was a co-founder of thePlumage League.
Lady Mount Temple was born Georgina Elizabeth Tollemache on 8 November to Admiral John Richard Delap Tollemache and Lady ElizabethStratford. One source says she was probably born in 1821.[1] Her father, whose original surname was Halliday, assumed by royal license the surname and arms of his mother, Lady JaneTollemache, who was the daughter and co-heiress ofLionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart.[2] Her mother was the daughter ofJohn Stratford, 3rd Earl of Aldborough.[3] She was the sister ofJohn Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache.[3] Mount Temple was a close friend and distant cousin ofConstance Lloyd, the wife ofOscar Wilde.[4]
Mount Temple was one of the leaders of theTorquay Anti-Vivisection Society.[4] She also co-founded thePlumage League.
She was active in theBand of Mercy, whose first president was her husband, and theRoyal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.[4] Mount Temple was also involved in theTemperance Movement.[4]
In 1903, a birdbath with a bronze statue of Mount Temple, designed byArthur George Walker, was erected inBabbacombe.[4][5] A horsetrough near theTorre railway station is also dedicated to her.[4]
Mount Temple became avegetarian in 1876 and a vice-president of theVegetarian Society in 1884.[6]
On 22 November 1848, she marriedWilliam Cowper-Temple, the second son ofPeter Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper.[3] She and her husband had no natural children, but adopted a daughter named Juliet Latour Temple, in 1869.[7][3] In 1880, her husband was elevated to the peerage asBaron Mount Temple.
Lady Mount Temple was a friend of the writerJohn Ruskin, the writerGeorge MacDonald, the poetDante Gabriel Rossetti, and the suffragistFrances Power Cobbe.[3]
She lived at Babbacombe Cliff and also owned properties in Ireland.[4][3] She died in 1901.[4] After her death, part of her estate was bequeathed to theChurch Army and to the Victoria Street Society of Protection of Animals from Vivisection.[3]
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