The Lady Lytton | |
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Born | Rosina Doyle Wheeler 4 November 1802 |
Died | 12 March 1882 | (aged 79)
Spouse | |
Children | 2, including Robert |
Parent(s) | Francis Massey Wheeler Anna Wheeler |
Rosina Bulwer-Lytton, Baroness Lytton, (née Rosina Doyle Wheeler; 4 November 1802 – 12 March 1882) was an Anglo-Irish writer who published fourteen novels, a volume of essays, and a volume of letters.
In 1827, she married Edward Bulwer-Lytton, a novelist and politician. Their marriage ended, and he falsely accused her of insanity and had her detained in an insane asylum, which provoked a public outcry. He was made a baronet in the 1830s and was raised to the peerage in 1866; although she had separated from her husband, Lytton used the title Lady Lytton. She spelled her married surname without the hyphen used by her husband.