Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury

Born on 28 January 1775, she was the youngest daughter of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll. She later became Lady Charlotte Bury and is remembered as an English novelist and diarist with strong links to aristocratic and court circles.

She served as a lady-in-waiting to Princess Caroline, a position that gave her an insider's view of royal life. That experience fed into the writing she became most famous for, Diary illustrative of the Times of George IV (1838), a work long associated with court scandal and Regency intrigue.

She also wrote novels, including Flirtation and The Exclusives, drawing on the world of fashion, rank, and social ambition that she knew so well. She died on 1 April 1861, leaving behind a body of work that still appeals to readers interested in the personalities and tensions of early 19th-century Britain.