Ladies of Llangollen Ladies of Llangollen The "Ladies of Llangollen", Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, were two upper-class Irish women whose relationship during the late 18th and early 19th century scandalized and fascinated their contemporaries. Eleanor Charlotte Butler (11 May 1739 – 2 June 1829) was a member of the Butlers, the Earls (and later Dukes) of Ormond. Butler was considered an over-educated bookworm by her family, who resided at the Butler family seat Kilkenny Castle. She spoke French and was educated in a convent in France. Her mother tried to make her join a convent because she was remaining a spinster. Sarah
The Newcastle Eccentrics of the 19th century long as he would drink it. The result was that he died from the effects of the excess. His death took place 27 September 1847. Cuddy Willy appears in "Cuddy Willy's Deeth" written by Joshua I. Bagnall, a song that appears in Allan's Tyneside Songs Walker’s Songs of the Tyne Volume 2 One of the Eccentrics in the painting William Scott was better known as "Cull Billy" or "Silly Billy" and was a native of Newcastle, an inmate of St. John's poor-house. He was a very harmless creature, and once much pestered by the wantonness of the boys in the