Elizabeth Barrett Browning returned to her family home on Wimpole Street just over a year after her brother died in 1840 and was also here while she was being courted by Robert in 1845-1846. Elizabeth lived here with her family up until she and Robert chose to elope in 1846, going against her father's will and breaking free from the lifestyle he expected of her. Once they married, her father disinherited her and the couple moved to Italy, where she primarily lived until her death in 1861.