# Lady Palmerston — The Education of Henry Adams character guide

> Lady Palmerston in The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Palmerston

**First appearance:** 0014-xii-eccentricity-1863

## Who they are

Wife of Lord Palmerston, a London hostess.

## In the story

### [IX: Foes or Friends (1862)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/ix-foes-or-friends-1862)

Hostess of Cambridge House, considered good and loyal by diplomats, but her efforts to maintain relations fail after the quarrel.

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