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She was particularly interested in butterflies. Lady Glanville collected large numbers of butterfly specimens, many of which survive as some of the earliest specimens kept in the Natural History Museum. She would beat the hedges for "a parcel of wormes", neighbours reported.
The Glanville Fritillary butterfly is named after her.
Eleanor Glanville was the daughter of William Goodricke and Eleanor Poyntz, a descendent of the Poyntz family, anciently feudal barons of Curry Mallet in Somerset, later of Iron Acton in Gloucestershire. In 2009, Fiona Mountain published a novel about Glanville"s life.