Elizabeth Montagu
British social reformer
Died when: 81 years 327 days (982 months)Star Sign: Libra
Elizabeth Montagu (née Robinson; 2 October 1718 – 25 August 1800) was a British social reformer, patron of the arts, salonnière, literary critic and writer, who helped to organize and lead the Blue Stockings Society.
Her parents were both from wealthy families with strong ties to the British peerage and learned life.She was sister to Sarah Scott, author of A Description of Millenium [sic] Hall and the Country Adjacent.
She married Edward Montagu, a man with extensive landholdings, to become one of the richer women of her era.She devoted this fortune to fostering English and Scottish literature and to the relief of the poor.
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