Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, baroness, an English philanthropist, youngest daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, born in April, 1814. The fortune of her grandfather, Mr. Thomas Coutts, the banker, was left to his widow, the actress Mrs. Mellon, whom he married late in life, and was diverted into another channel by the marriage of the latter with the duke of St. Albans. The duchess, however, having no children, made Miss Angela Burdett her heiress, on condition that she should assume the name of Coutts. In 1837 Miss Burdett-Coutts succeeded to this property, estimated at between two and three millions sterling, and since that time her income has been devoted to charities. Among these are the erection of a church with a parsonage and schools in a neglected part of London; the erection of a church at Carlisle; the endowment of missionary dioceses in South Australia, South Africa, and British Columbia; and the supply of funds for a survey of Jerusalem, with a view to render that city healthy by a supply of pure water. She secured valuable Greek manuscripts from the East for the verification of Scripture, and gave food and clothing and a vessel to the starving people of the island of Girvan. She was raised to the peerage in June, 1871. A valuable testimonial and the franchise were presented to her in 1872 by the corporation of the city of London.