A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Argyll, Duchess of
ARGYLL, DUCHESS OF,
Formerly Lady Villiers, is one of the noblest of the princesses Of Scotland, and her claims to be considered so rest upon something more than hereditary descent. She is the worthy daughter of such a mother as the duchess of Sutherland, and is devoting her best energies to ameliorate suffering, and to reclaim the erring. She originated in Scotland a system of visitation of prisons, by members of societies formed for the purpose. The first visiting society was established at Inverary; and, although the Duchess had at first considerable difficulties to overcome, the happy results which followed encouraged her to persevere, until the efficacy of the system recommended itself to the public. Similar societies have been set in operation in most of the towns of the north.