Chartist poet and bookbinder. Alternative signature: “E. La Mont.” From Edinburgh.
Née Ramsay. Married fellow bookbinder (then clerk) and writer John Oatt La Mont, after
which they moved to Glasgow and then, by 1844, London. Contributed poetry to the *Northern
Star*, *Chartist Circular*, and *The Penny Satirist*. Biographical information: Goodridge.
(AC)