Back Señorites de Llangollen AST Dimezelled Llangollen Breton Les Senyoretes de Llangollen Catalan Dámy z Llangollenu Czech Eleanor Butler a Sarah Ponsonby Welsh Ladies von Llangollen German Señoritas de Llangollen Spanish Llangolleneko Andreak Basque Dames de Llangollen French הגבירות מל'אנגול'ן HE

Ladies of Llangollen

This article is about two women, one of whom was called Lady Eleanor Butler. For other people titled Lady Butler, see Lady Butler.

Portrait of The Rt. Hon. Lady Eleanor Butler & Miss Ponsonby 'The Ladies of Llangollen'

The "Ladies of Llangollen", Eleanor Butler (1739–1829) and Sarah Ponsonby (1755–1831), were two upper-class Irish women who lived together as a couple. Their relationship scandalised and fascinated their contemporaries.[1] The pair moved to a Gothic house in Llangollen, North Wales, in 1780 after leaving Ireland to escape the social pressures of conventional marriages. Over the years, numerous distinguished visitors called upon them. Guests included Byron, Shelley, Wellington and Wordsworth, the last of whom wrote a sonnet about them.

  1. ^ Mavor, Elizabeth (1971). The Ladies of Llangollen. Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin Books.
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