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Lady Hester Stanhope (1776–1839)
Stanhope, Lady Hester Lucy, niece of William Pitt the younger; born at Chevening, Kent, England, March 12, 1776; died at Mar Elias, Syria, June 23, 1839. She was confidential secretary to Pitt for ten years prior to his death. In 1810 she visited Syria, Jerusalem, Damascus, Baalbec, and Palmyra. In 1814 she established herself in the deserted convent of Mar Elias, near Sidon, on a crag of Lebanon, became a benefactress to the poor, and studied astrology. Her ‘Memoirs’ (3 vols., 1845) and ‘Seven Years’ Travels’ (3 vols., 1846) were published by her physician.