# Dowager Lady Castlewood — The History of Henry Esmond character guide

> Dowager Lady Castlewood in The History of Henry Esmond by William Makepeace Thackeray.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** my Lady Castlewood of Chelsey, the Dowager Lady Castlewood, the elder Lady Castlewood, the Viscountess Dowager

**First appearance:** 0018-book-ii-contains-mr-esmond-s-military-life-and-other-matters-appertaining-to-the-esmond-family

## Who they are

The sharp-tongued and manipulative mother of the late Viscount Castlewood.

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