 Lady Gort died in October 1880 at the age of 89, after an illness of only a few days.She left £140,000 in her will.The majority of her estate went to her stepson, Viscount Gort, although she also left £1,000 to the parish of East Cowes, to found a coal, food and clothing fund, to be distributed to the poor of East Cowes at Christmas.