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Caroline Lamb

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The Resume

    (November 13, 1785-January 26, 1828)
    Born in London, United Kingdom
    Birth name was Caroline Ponsby
    Married future British Prime Minister William Lamb, Lord Melbourne
    Wrote the novels ‘Glenarvon’ (1816), ‘Graham Hamilton’ (1822) and ‘Ada Reiss’ (1823)

Why she might be annoying:

    She once jumped naked out of a soup tureen at a party for her husband.
    She sent her lover, Lord Byron, a letter containing her pubic hairs.
    After Byron left her, she pursued him obsessively until he left England.
    She was ostracized by English society after writing a barely disguised account of her affair with Byron in ‘Glenarvon.’
    She suffered a nervous breakdown after accidentally encountering Byron’s funeral procession.
    She abused laudanum.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She famously described Byron as ‘mad, bad and dangerous to know.’
    She raised her mentally retarded, epileptic son Augustus at home rather than follow the standard practice of placing him with caretakers.
    Despite her affair, she and William remained in love until her death.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 18 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 62 Votes: 43.55% Annoying