Reformers, Patrons and Philanthropists

William and Georgina Cowper-Temple were significant figures in nineteenth-century Britain. William Cowper-Temple, later Lord Mount Temple, was private secretary to one Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and minister in the government of Lord Palmerston. He sought to improve the nation''s health and rebuild London, and famously amended the Education Act in 1870. His charismatic wife, Georgina, was als...