XJF349797 Emily Mary, Countess Cowper (litho) by Lawrence, Thomas (1769-1830) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Emily Mary Lamb (1787-1867); in 1805 married Peter Cowper (1778-1837), fifth Earl Cowper; after his death, married Henry Temple (1784-1865), third Viscount Palmerston in 1839; leader of fashionable London society; Lady Patroness of the society balls at Almack\'s club; acted as hostess for her widowed brother, William Lamb (1779-1848), second Viscount Melbourne as Home Secretary in 1830 and after he became Prime Minister in 1834; celebrated political hostess for her second husband, Lord Palmerston;); English, out of copyright.