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Flora Hastings

1806 – 1839

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Wikipedia Summary

Lady Flora Elizabeth Rawdon-Hastings was a British aristocrat and lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent. Her death in 1839 was the subject of a court scandal that gave the Queen a negative image.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
February 11, 1806
Loudoun Castle
Date of death
July 5, 1839
London
Citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Occupations & fields
lady-in-waitingpoetwriter
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