“After my mother, she is the most remarkable woman in the kingdom”
King Edward VII
Portrait of Angela Burdett-Coutts
1st Baroness Burdett -Coutts
– Wealthiest Woman in England
– Philanthropist
– Co-funder of the NSPCC
– Co-founder of the refuge for ” Fallen Women”
If you like to know more
- Lady Unknown: Life of Angela Burdett-Coutts, by Edna Healey, 1978 Sidgwick&Jackson Ltd
- Coutts&Co: Portrait of a private bank, by Edna Healey, 1992 Hodder&Stoughton
- Caged Angel: Biographical Fiction, based on the life of Angela Burdett-Coutts, by Anne Marie Vukelic, 2015 Robert Hale Ltd
- Charles Dickens and the House of the Fallen Women: History of Urania Cottage, by Jenny Hartley, 2009 Methuen Publishing Ltd.