Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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British peer, philanthropist and humanitarian
Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1814
Date of Death: 30-Dec-1906
Profession: philanthropist
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts
- Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (21 April 1814 – 30 December 1906), born Angela Georgina Burdett, was a nineteenth-century philanthropist, the daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet and Sophia, formerly Coutts, daughter of banker Thomas Coutts.
- In 1837 she became one of the wealthiest women in England when she inherited her grandfather's fortune of around £1.8 million (equivalent to £160,000,000 in 2018) following the death of her stepgrandmother, Harriot Mellon.
- She joined the surnames of her father and grandfather, by royal licence, to become Burdett-Coutts.
- Edward VII is reported to have described her as, "[a]fter my mother, the most remarkable woman in the kingdom."
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