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MY HISTORY HERO

Lady Hester Stanhope

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Lady Hester Stanhope, in an 1841 sketch. “She was privileged, strident, incredibly confident and clever,” says Deborah Meaden

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Lady Hester Stanhope was a writer, adventurer, traveller and archaeologist. The niece of prime minister William Pitt the Younger, she managed his 10 Downing Street household from 1804–06. After his death she began a life of adventure and travel, primarily in the Middle East, which she made her home. Her letters and memoirs made her famous as an explorer.

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