Frances Jocelyn, Viscountess Jocelyn Cowper was born in 1820, the youngest daughter of Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, a daughter of Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne. Her paternity was officially attributed to Lady Cowper's husband, the 5th Earl Cowper. However, the historian K.D. Reynolds and others have argued that Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston was actually the father of Lady Frances and her brother William. Once widowed, her mother married Palmerston, though Lady Frances did not care for him. He became Prime Minister in 1859. In 1838, Lady Frances served as a maid of honour at the Coronation of Queen Victoria, and she also
Alfred William Lamb Alfred William Lamb Alfred William Lamb (March 18, 1824 – April 29, 1888) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Stamford, New York, Lamb moved with his parents to Ralls County, Missouri in 1836. He attended Doctor Ely's school in Ely, Missouri. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Hannibal, Missouri. Lamb was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854 and resumed the practice of law. He died in Hannibal, Missouri and was interred in Riverside