Stuart, Louisa, Lady, 1757-1851

Lady Louisa Stuart (12 August 1757 – 4 August 1851) was a Scottish writer of the 18th and 19th centuries. She was a daughter of the Scottish politician John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. Most of her memoirs and her letters were published posthumously. Her memoir of Lady Mary Coke also covered the political career of Lady Mary's husband Edward Wortley Montagu, and the political rivalries between the Whigs and Tories. Stuart was herself a loyal Tory, and her political views were consistently conservative. She also wrote poetry, fables, and a ballad about a family of human cannibals. Her writings tend to contain malicious humour.