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Elizabeth Sterne


(b. 1714, United Kingdom – d. 1773, United Kingdom )

Gender: F

Elizabeth Sterne (1714-1733) was Elizabeth Montagu’s cousin. She was the elder daughter of Lydia Lumley (1685-1725) who was Matthews Robinson’s half-sister; her younger sister Lydia married Rev John Botham. She married Laurence Sterne on 30th March 1741.

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