Emma Lascelles Portman, Viscountess Portman (16 March 1809 – 8 February 1865), was an English aristocrat

Aristocracy

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. She was the daughter of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood

Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood

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 and Henrietta Sebright.

She married, Edward Portman

Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman

Edward Berkeley Portman, 1st Viscount Portman , was a British Liberal politician.Portman was the son of Edward Portman, of Bryanston and Orchard in Dorset, and his wife Lucy, daughter of Reverend Thomas Whitby. He was a descendant of Sir William Portman, Lord Chief Justice of England between 1555...

, son of Edward Berkeley Portman

Edward Berkeley Portman

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 and Lucy Whitby, on 1827.

They had six children, four sons and two daughters.

She served as Lady of the Bedchamber

Lady of the Bedchamber

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 to Queen Victoria

Victoria of the United Kingdom

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between 1837 and 1851, then an Extra Lady of the Bedchamber between 1851 and 1865.

Titles

• Miss Emma Lascelles (1809–1814)
• The Honourable Emma Lascelles (1814–1820)
• The Lady Emma Lascelles (1820–1827)
• The Lady Emma Portman (1827–1837)
• The Right Honourable The Lady Portman (1837–1873)
• The Right Honourable The Viscountess Portman (1873–1865)