Amabel Hume-Campbell, 1st Countess de Grey
Amabel Hume-Campbell, 1st Countess de Grey, 5th Baroness Lucas (née Yorke; 23 January 1751 – 4 March 1833) was a British diarist and political writer who was a countess and baroness in her own right. Had she been male, she would have served in the House of Lords as a Whig. She wrote particularly about the French Revolution.
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Portrait with her younger sister, Mary, by Joshua Reynolds in 1760 | |
| Countess de Grey | |
| Tenure | 1816–1833 |
| Successor | Thomas de Grey |
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| Born | Lady Amabel Yorke 23 January 1750 |
| Died | 4 March 1833 (aged 82) Westminster, Greater London, England |
| Spouse(s) | Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth |
| Father | Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke |
| Mother | Jemima Campbell, 2nd Marchioness Grey |
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