Lavinia Spencer, Countess Spencer
1762–1831 (age 69)
Biography
Lavinia Spencer, Countess Spencer, combined artistic sensibility with her noble status to leave a quietly influential mark on her era. As an illustrator, she found ways to express creativity even while fulfilling the obligations expected of a woman of her rank and station.
Interred at the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Great Brington, she is remembered for bringing refinement to the cultural life of her circle. Those who admired her work recall her gentle influence on the arts and on the lives of those around her.