Lady Elliot (née Elizabeth Stevenson) was the wife of Sir Walter Elliot and the mother of Elizabeth, Anne, and Mary. She died thirteen years before the start of the novel.
Elizabeth was the daughter of James Stevenson. She married Sir Walter Elliot on July 15th, 1784, and they had four children: Elizabeth, born June 1st, 1785; Anne, born August 9th, 1787; a stillborn son; and Mary, born November 20th, 1791[1]. Through Mary she has two grandsons, Charles and Walter Musgrove.
While she lived, she was capable of keeping her husband from overspending. She was a good friend of Lady Russell, her daughter Anne's godmother, who settled at Kellynch Lodge to be closer to her.
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- ↑ Persuasion, Chapter 1