Charlotte Elliot

Lady Charlotte Elliot (22 July 1839 – 15 January 1880), born Charlotte Carnegie, was a Scottish poet born on 22 July 1839 in the parish of Farnell, Angus. Despair and abandonment are prominent in her three volumes.

Early life She was a daughter of Sir James Carnegie, 5th Baronet (1799–1849) and Charlotte Lysons. Her maternal grandfather was Reverend Daniel Lysons. Charlotte was thus a younger sister to James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk. In 1855, Charlotte was raised to the social rank of an earl's daughter by royal warrant, which granting her the courtesy title of Lady.

Poetry A few years after the death of her first husband, she published her first volume of poetry, Stella, and other poems (1867), under the pseudonym "Florenz". Together, Lady Charlotte and Frederick were the parents of one surviving son:

Gilbert Compton Elliot (1871–1931), who went on to serve in the Black Watch, reaching the rank of Lieutenant; he married American heiress Marguerite "Rita" Barbey (1876–1955), a daughter of Mary Lorillard Barbey and Henry Isaac Barbey.

Charlotte died on 15 January 1880. Her husband died on 23 December of the same year.

List of works Stella, and other poems (1867). Medusa, and other poems (1878). Mary Magdalene and other poems (1880).