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who was the first lady peer in 1871?
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This would seem to be a reference to Angela Burdett-Coutts, who was left a half-share in Coutts Bank in 1837 and became a social reformer and philanthropist, as well as head of the bank, and was made a peer in 1871.
Royal mistresses down the years would have beaten her to the peerage, but, apart from that category, Baroness Burdett-Coutts could be argued to be the first woman in the peerage, or at least one of the first.
Royal mistresses down the years would have beaten her to the peerage, but, apart from that category, Baroness Burdett-Coutts could be argued to be the first woman in the peerage, or at least one of the first.
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