(1752 - 1839), e. s. of 4th E. of Essex; sty. Vct. Malden - 1799 when suc. fa. as 5th E.; Corpus Camb. 1775; MP 1779 - 90, 1794 - 9; suc. gd.-mo. 1781 taking additional name of Coningsby; FSA 1801; m. 1 1786 Sarah Bazett (1761 - 1838), wid. of Edward Stephenson, 2 1838 Catherine Stephens.
1791 - 2 Florence (Oct. 1791), Rome (by 2 Nov. - Dec.), Naples (by 20 Dec. 1791 - Jan. 1792), Florence (Feb.)
In April 1791 Horace Walpole learned that Lord and Lady Malden intended going to Italy for a year, accompanied by Miss Boyle (but in the event Charlotte Boyle m. in London in August 1791 and did not go with them).1 They were in Florence in October 1791 when Lady Malden, an accomplished amateur painter, applied to make copies in the Uffizi.2 By 2 November 1791 they were in Rome.3 Lady Malden sat to Fagan, the portrait being shown at the RA in 1793, and Walpole noted that her own work improved greatly in Rome and included 'some extraordinary copies from the best masters, particularly one of a musician from Domenichino'.4 By 20 December they were in Naples, with the Malmesburys, Carnegies and Plymouths;5 the weather was appalling and Lord Malden had been indisposed early in January.6 Lady Malden was again copying in the Uffizi in February 1792,2 and the party returned to England later that year.4
1. Wal.Corr., 11:238. 2. Borroni 1987, 94, 109, 131 - 2, 135. 3. Brand letters mss e (2 Nov. 1791). Add.36497, f.69 (Grignion, 16 Nov. 1791). 4. Walpole, Anecdotes, 5:239. 5. Morrison, 1:159 (no.199). 6. Elliot Letters, 1:403.