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| John de Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey |
His lovers were:
1) Isabel Holland (d.1320-?)
"Sometime in the 1330s, John - who turned fifty in 1336 - took up with another long term, nobly born mistress, Isabe(la) Holland.
2) Matilda de Nerford (1292-1347)
Daughter of: Sir William de Nerford & Petronilla de Vaux.
Lover in 1313-1320.
"...John de Warenne between 1314 and 1316...was trying to obtain a divorce from his wife, Joan of Bar, in order to marry his mistress, Maud de Neirford, and legitimate (sic) their children. King Edward II had already given his blessing o the divorce and had agreed to the transfer of part of John's estates to his Neirford sons, even though Joan of Bar was his niece...." (Mitchell, 2003, p. 113)
"This nobleman seems to have conceived a dislike to his countess Joan, and had kept as a concubine Maud de Nerford, the daughter of a Norfolk knight. The countess, justly indignant at her husband's infidelity, instigated the church to take cognizance of the matter, and the result was, the Earl's excommunication. De Warrn, under pretence of a prior contract with Maud de Nerford, and of the too near consanguinity of his countess, sued for a divorce, which was obtained. The Earl continued to live with the object of his illicit passion, by whom he had several children, and by a deed...it appears that he designed to settle the whole of his estate on the north side of Trent, on Maud de Nerford, and the male issue he had by her, and out of the Trest of his estate to provide for his sister Alice, who was married to Edmund Fitz-Alan... The earl had two sons by Maud de Nerford, and three daughters. Both the sons died before the earl. He appears never to have been married to Maud, but on her death, he contracted an alliance with Isabel de Houland (sic), by whom he had no issue." (Horsefield and Mantell, Vol. 1: 133)
Irish peer and Member of Parliament.
His lover was:
Anne Fortune Smith
Lover in 1765
Personal & Family Background: John was the son of John FitzPatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory, and Lady Evelyn Leveson-Gower, daughter of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower.
Spouse & Offspring: He married, in 1769, Anne Fitzroy, by whom he had a son who was born before their marriage.
Achievements & Honours: 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory (1758); Baron Upper Ossory (1794); Member of Parliament (1767); Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (1771)
Anglo-Irish military officer.
British Commander-in-Chief of the Western Front (1914-1916).
Husband of:
1. Isabella Soundy, married 1875, div 1878.
2. Eleanora Selby-Lowndes, mar 1880.
Physical Traits & Personal Qualities: ". . . The son of a retired naval officer whose ancestors originally came from Ireland, his cheerful smile, black hair, thick moustache and blue eyes gave him an appeal that women found irresistible. . . . " (History Today)
His lovers were:
Lover in 1915.
His lover was:
Mary Milner (1888-?)
"His father was the 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, with estates in Hertfordshire, Durham and Scotland; his mother was Mary Milner, a gardener’s daughter from Stainton, the village near Streatlam, who had been the earl’s mistress for a couple of years. When John was born in 1811, his father was 42, his mother 24. On his deathbed in 1820, the earl attempted to legitimise John by marrying his young mistress. There followed a bitter five-year legal battle which ended with John being declared a bastard and losing his father’s Scottish estates (the Scots took a dimmer view of illegitimacy than the English)." (Northern Echo)
John Strange Jocelyn, 5th Earl of Roden.
His lover was:
His lover was:
His lover was:
Mrs. Clifford.
His lover was:
Harriet Sarah Moncreiffe.
Lucy Younge, Countess of Rochford (1723-1773).
Maid-of-Honour to Queen Caroline when Princess of Wales.
Favorite of Richard II of England. (Richard II in Britannia).
"Michael de la Pole had played a critical role in the negotiation of Richard’s marriage to Anne and had gained the King’s confidence as a result. De la Pole came from an upstart merchant family and eventually became Richard’s Chancellor in 1383 and Earl of Suffolk in 1385. However, de la Pole also antagonized the English nobility for his preferential treatment. Around the same time, Robert de la Pole, the nobles were antagonized by the preferential treatment shown to the Earl of Oxford." (suite101.com)
Daughter of: Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex & Lettice Knollys.
Wife of: Robert Rich, 2rd Baron Rich, mar 1581, div 1605.
Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire.
Her lover was:
Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy.
Lover in 1595.
His lover was:
Kathleen Kennedy, Marchioness of Hartington.
English courtier & politician.
Husband of:
2. Lady Anne Clifford, daughter of George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland & widow of Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset .
His lovers were:
Honours & Achievements: Gentleman of the Privy Chamber (1603); Knight of the Bath (1603); Gentleman of the Bedchamber (1605); Baron Herbert of Shurland & Earl of Montgomery (1605); Master of Arts, Oxford; Knight of the Garter (1608); High Steward of Oxford (1615); Council of Virginia Company (1612); Honouranble East India Company (1614); Keeper of the Palace of Westminster & St. James's Park (1617); Lord Lieutenant of Kent (1624); Member of Privy Council (1624); Lord Chamberlain; Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (1628); Incorporator of Guiana Company (1626); Granted Trinidad, Tobago & Barbados (1628); Earl of Pembroke, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset & Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (1630); High Steward of Duchy of Lancaster & Lord Warden of the Stannaries.
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Eleanor of Lancaster
Countess of Arundel
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His lover was:
Eleanor of Lancaster (1318-1372)
Lady-in-waiting to Queen Philippa
Wife of:
1. John de Beaumont, 2nd Baron Beaumont (d.1342), son of Henry Beaumont, 4th Earl of Buchan & Alice Comyn, mar 1330
2. Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, mar 1344
Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor (1731-1802)
British peer, racehorse owner & art collector.
His lover was:
Henrietta Molesworth.
Physical Traits & Personal Qualities: ". . . Described as a tall, thin person of black complexion, with a long nose and heavily marked with the small pox, Lord Grosvenor was scarcely the handsomest of men. But he was one of London's richest, owning much of Mayfair and a large estate in Cheshire. . . ." (Tillyard, 2010, p. 153)
Persona or Character: "...Considered 'one of the most profligate men, of his age, in what relates to women', not even matrimony could slow his progress through London's brothels. His appetite for vice extended to the gambling tables and racecourses where it is believed he lost in excess of 250,000 pounds." (Rubenhold, 2011, p. 176)
Spouse & Children: He married, in 1764, Henrietta Vernon.
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Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh. (1641-1712).
His lovers were:
1) Catherine Jones. (d.1740)
Personal & Family Background: Lady Catherine Jones was the daughter of Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh, and his wife Hon. Elizabeth Willoughby. Catherine died unmarried. [Fam1:The Peerage]
2) Cocky.
". . . In 1679, when Ranelagh went to Ireland to defend his revenue accounts, he had his current mistress, one 'Cocky,' brought over to him, to the distress of his family. . . . " (Court Satires of the Restoration:280)
Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarborough. (1650-1721)
2nd Viscount Lumley (1661); Baron Lumley (1681); Master of the Hoese to Catherine of Braganza (1680); Treasurer to Catherine of Braganza (1684); Colonel of the Queen Dowager's (9th Regiment of Horse) (1685); Gentleman of the Bedchamber to William III (1689); Colonel of 1st Troop of Horse Guards (1689); Viscount Lumley of Lumley Castle (1689), Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland (1689); Lord Lieutenant of Durham (1680); Earl of Scarbrough (1690); Lieutenant-General (1701); Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1716).
Husband of: Frances Jones, daughter of Sir Henry Jones of Aston, (married in 1684/85)
His lover was:
Elizabeth Trollope. (d.1704)
Daughter of: Sir John Trollope, Baronet of Caswick.
Wife of: She married, in 1679, Charles Fox (1659-1713),eldest son of Sir John Fox, and Paymaster General to the army, (married in 1679)
"...Mrs. Fox had been mistress of Lord Lumley and, no doubt, to others...."
Irish peer.
Baronet (1781)
1st Viscount Mount-Earl (1816)
1st Earl of Dunraven & Mount-Earl (1822).
Son of: Windham Quin.
Husband of:
A) Lady Frances Muriel Fox-Strangways, mar 1777
B) Margaret Mary Coghlan
His lover was:
Elizabeth Foster, Duchess of Devonshire.
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| Robert Carr 1st Earl of Somerset |
Lover in 1613?
Countess of Essex, Countess of Somerset.
"In 1613 Frances Howard's divorce from her first husband, the Earl of Essex, was vigorously supported by her influential Howard relatives, including her father, the Earl of Suffolk, and her great-uncle, the Earl of Northampton, because it would enable her to marry her lover and royal favourite, Robert Carr, to the furtherance of the Howard connection...." (Eales: p. 51)
2) James I of England.
Lover in 1611-1615
First Encounter - "In 1607, at a royal jousting contest, seventeen-year-old Robert Carr...was knocked from a horse and broke his leg... James fell in love with the young man, and as the years progresses showered Carr with gifts...." "...His (James I of Great Britain) second liaison, with Robert Carr, ended in a nasty scandal which helped widen the gulf between court and county. (Carlton, 1990, p. 43). "...Robert Carr dominated from 1611-1615." (Houghton Miflin Co., p.97)
Benefits: "...Carr's rise was rapid. On 23 December James knighted him and the following March made him Viscount Rochester...." (Carlton: 51)
Robert Fitzroy,1st Earl of Gloucester (1100-1147)
Illegitimate son of: Henry I of England & probably Nest ferch Rhys, Princess of Wales.
Husband of: Mabel FitzHamon, Lady of Gloucester (1090-1157), Anglo-Norman & wealthy heiress, mar 1107.
"Robert Fitzroy, Consul of Gloucester, 1098-1147. Among those whose lives and fortunes go to make up what we call history, there comes, at wide intervals, one of those rare characters which, test it in whatever way you will, appears almost without a flaw. Such an one, as we regard him in the telescopic view of nearly eight hundred years, was Robert Rufus, or Robert of Caen, better known as Earl, or Consul, of Gloucester, who in his own individuality, in every relation of life appears as near perfection as feeble mortals can attain to. Had his father, Henry I, done justice to the Lady Nesta of Wales, we might have had the noblest king---since Alfred---that had sat on the English throne. His father and his sister alike placed in him implicit and unbounded confidence: to his care the one confided the only rival he had to fear on the throne; while the other entrusted him with her heir, and thought him safe in his charge in spite of being in the very midst of war and tumult. Though urged at his father's death to take the crown for himself, he refused to perjure his soul, and was the most devoted and faithful friend to his proud and imperious sister. He died all too soon for England, and left his nephew and pupil to the capricious charge of his haughty mother and his weak and fickle father." (Gloucestershire Notes and Queries, Vol 3: 484)
"Isabella de Douvre...was mistress to Robert, the natural son of Henry I; she ied in 1166)" (Baldwin and Crapo, p. 163
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| Robert Fitzroy 1st Earl of Gloucester & wife Mabel Fitzhamon @Wikipedia |
Illegitimate son of: Henry I of England & probably Nest ferch Rhys, Princess of Wales.
Husband of: Mabel FitzHamon, Lady of Gloucester (1090-1157), Anglo-Norman & wealthy heiress, mar 1107.
"Robert Fitzroy, Consul of Gloucester, 1098-1147. Among those whose lives and fortunes go to make up what we call history, there comes, at wide intervals, one of those rare characters which, test it in whatever way you will, appears almost without a flaw. Such an one, as we regard him in the telescopic view of nearly eight hundred years, was Robert Rufus, or Robert of Caen, better known as Earl, or Consul, of Gloucester, who in his own individuality, in every relation of life appears as near perfection as feeble mortals can attain to. Had his father, Henry I, done justice to the Lady Nesta of Wales, we might have had the noblest king---since Alfred---that had sat on the English throne. His father and his sister alike placed in him implicit and unbounded confidence: to his care the one confided the only rival he had to fear on the throne; while the other entrusted him with her heir, and thought him safe in his charge in spite of being in the very midst of war and tumult. Though urged at his father's death to take the crown for himself, he refused to perjure his soul, and was the most devoted and faithful friend to his proud and imperious sister. He died all too soon for England, and left his nephew and pupil to the capricious charge of his haughty mother and his weak and fickle father." (Gloucestershire Notes and Queries, Vol 3: 484)
His lover was:
Isabella de Douvre of Bayeaux (d.1166)
Natural offspring:
a. Richard FitzRobert (d.1142), Bishop of Bayeux.
b. Robert FitzRobert (d.1170), Castellan of Gloucester
c. Mabel FitzRobert
d. Father of Thomas
"At p. 220, Beziers gives some account of this Isabelle de Douvre, who appears to have been a daughter of 'Samson, Baron de Douvre' (the same who is mentioned in the Domesday Survey as Radulfus de Sancto Sansone, and Sanson Clericus, and Capellanus). This lady was sister of Thomas II, Archbishop of ve York, and also of Richard, Bishop of Bayeaux; and besides her son Richard, who succeeded his uncle in the see of Bayeaux, she would seem to have had another son, Roger, who became Bishop of Worcester, and who is described as a son of Robert of Kent, Caen, or Glo'ster---furtivo concubitu---consequently not by Mabel Fitz-Hamon, but by no doubt by Isabelle de Douvre. . . ." (Notes and Queries: 435)
"Isabella de Douvre of Bayeux, in France, was mistress to Robert the Bastard, son of Henry I. of England, by whom she had Richard, bishop of Bayeaux. She died at Bayeaux, at an advanced age, in 1166." (Hale, p. 96).
"At p. 220, Beziers gives some account of this Isabelle de Douvre, who appears to have been a daughter of 'Samson, Baron de Douvre' (the same who is mentioned in the Domesday Survey as Radulfus de Sancto Sansone, and Sanson Clericus, and Capellanus). This lady was sister of Thomas II, Archbishop of ve York, and also of Richard, Bishop of Bayeaux; and besides her son Richard, who succeeded his uncle in the see of Bayeaux, she would seem to have had another son, Roger, who became Bishop of Worcester, and who is described as a son of Robert of Kent, Caen, or Glo'ster---furtivo concubitu---consequently not by Mabel Fitz-Hamon, but by no doubt by Isabelle de Douvre. . . ." (Notes and Queries: 435)
"Isabella de Douvre of Bayeux, in France, was mistress to Robert the Bastard, son of Henry I. of England, by whom she had Richard, bishop of Bayeaux. She died at Bayeaux, at an advanced age, in 1166." (Hale, p. 96).
"Isabella de Douvre...was mistress to Robert, the natural son of Henry I; she ied in 1166)" (Baldwin and Crapo, p. 163
Robert Herbert, 12th Earl of Pembroke. (1791-1862), British politician.
Husband of: Princess Octavia Spinelli (d.1857)
Daughter of: Duke of Laurino.
Wife of: Prince Rubari of Sicily [?]
His lovers were:
1) Adeline Plunkett.
2) Alexina Gallot. (1821-?)
Daughter of: John & Ann Elizabeth Gallot.
"During her teenage years Alexina met Robert Henry Herbert, the 12th Earl of Pembroke and 9th Earl of Montgomery, and went to live with him in Paris. Robert was still married to Princess Octavia Spinelli of Sicilly (sic), so the two never married. By 1852 they had 5 young sons. Robert fell iff and during the lengthy illness his brother, Sidney, took care of him and lectured him on his irregular life. Robert recovered but had no intention of discarding his mistress, and three years later a little girl was born. As the children were illegitimate, his heir was Sidney who, after being made Baron Herbert of Lea, died in 1861. When Robert died in Paris in 1862, it was Sidney's son who became the next Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery. In the 1881 census Sophia (the name she was using at the time) is listed as living at 2 Chester Ter Londn, England as a visitor in the home of James D. Cowan." (Alexina Sophia Gallot)
3) Marie Catherine Caroline Schaffer.
Robert Radcliffe, 5th Earl of Sussex (1569-1629)
His lover was:
Frances Meautas (d.1627)
"Frances Meautas was the daughter of Hercules Meautas of West Ham, Essex (c.1548-1587), and Philippa Cooke. She married first Edward Shute (some sources say Robert Shute of Hockington, Cambridgeshire) and as a widow became the mistress of Robert Radcliffe, 5th earl of Sussex (June 12, 1569 - September 22, 1629) and gave birth to his illegitimate daughter, Jane, in 1609. It was the last wish of his estranged wife, Bridget Morrison,that he not marry his 'concubine,' but Frances and Sussex wed the day after she died in December 1623." (Emerson)
"De L'Epine, Francesca Margherita - (c1680–1746), Italian vocalist and harpsichordist. Francesca De L’Epine was born in Italy of common parentage. She came to England with her German music teacher, Jacob Greber (1692), and performed in London for nearly three decades (1692 – 1718), achieving brilliant success, and becoming extremely popular with English audiences. Francesca also performed throughout Europe, notably in Rome and Venice in her homeland. She made her debut at Drury Lane Theatre in London singing music composed by Greber (1704) and also performed works by the English composer, Henry Purcell. Madame De L’Epine became famously popular, performing both operatic works and singing in public recitals, appearing at the Haymarket Theatre, and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, in works such as, Love’s Triumph, Camilla, and, Calypso and Telemachus, as well as performing with Catherine Tofts. She later performed at Kensington before the Duchess of Shrewsbury, a favoured courtier of George I (1720). De L’Epine was briefly the mistress of Daniel Finch, earl of Nottingham, and later married (1718) the composer, John Christopher Pepusch, to whom she bore a son, and retired from the stage, though she later performed at a benefit (1733). Her husband nicknamed her ‘Hecate’ because of her dark complexion. Madame De L’Epine died in London (Aug 9 or 10, 1746), aged about sixty-five." (Women of History - D)
"...James had affairs with several other youthful nobles, including...Francis Stewart Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell. On one occasion James caused a minor scandal when he casually kissed and embraced Bothwell in full view of the public." (Neill, p. 400)
English peer & courtier.
His lovers were:
Unnamed mistresses.
Unusual Man: ". . . The first Earl Ferrers (1650-1717) was one, with some 30 bastards and 27 legitimate children, but he was an unusual man. . . ." (Smith, 2002, p. 30)
Personal & Family Background: "Robert Shirley was the third son of Sir Robert Shirley, 4th Baronet and his wife, Catherine. In 1669, he inherited his baronetcy from his infant nephew and in 1677, he was confirmed as Baron Ferrers of Chartley after the title became abeyant on the death of his kinsman, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex." (Shirley Association)
Spouses & Children: He married 1) Elizabeth Washington (in 1671), daughter of Lawrence Washington and 2) Selina Finch (in 1699), ". . . the daughter of a London merchant, described as 'a young girl who has not portion.'. . . . " (Twickenham Musem).
Honours & Achievements: Master of the Horse (1682-1685) and Lord Steward (1685-1705) to Queen Catherine of Braganza; Colonel of The Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Foot (1685-1686); Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (1687-1689); Privy Council (1689); Earl Ferrers (1711. (Shirley Association)
Maria Skerritt.
Lover in 1723-1738
Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester (1756-1826).
British Whig politician.
Baron Pelham of Stanmer (1801); Earl of Chichester (1805).
His lover was:
Elizabeth Vassall.
William Nassau de Zuylestein (1717-1781)
4th Earl of Rochford 1738
Lord of Zuylestein and Waayesnstein 1738.
Son of: Frederick Nassau Zuylestein & Elizabeth Savage.
Husband of: Lucy Yonge (1722-1773) (married in 1740)
His lovers were:
1) Anna Labbee Johnson.
2) Madame Latourelle.
3) Marquise de Laborde.
4) Martha Harrison.
5) Signora Banti.
His lover was:
Margaret Chatterton.
". . . While still under 14 he was reported to be 'lying with' his stepmother's gentlewoman, Margaret Chatterton, 'as he used to do with many others', and with Bruen's connivance to have contracted himself to her in marriage. Bruen was replaced by the philosopher Thomas Hobbes, and Cavendish was compelled to marry the 12-year-old daughter of a Scottish courtier. . . The Chattertons attempted blackmail, but were prosecuted in 1609 for conspiracy." (History of Parliament)
Personal & Family Background: William was the second son of William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devoonshire, by his first wife Anne Keighley.
Spouse & Children: He married, in 1608, Hon. Christian Bruce (1595-1675), daughter of the 1st Lord Kinloss. [Fam1]
His lover was:
Elizabeth Culling (d.1703)
"Elizabeth Culling was the mistress of William Cowper, later 1st Earl Cowper, and brought him two children. . . . " (National Archives)
Elizabeth's Personal & Family Background: ". . . She was the daughter of John Culling of Hertingfordbury Park, who died in 1687/8. . . Her brother John died in January 1702/3 without issue, and Elizabeth inherited the estate. . . . " (National Archives)
Earl Cowper's Honours & Achievements: Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.[Gen1:Cracroft's Peerage]
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| Anne Vane |
Anne Vane
(1705-1736)
British Hanoverian courtier.
Maid of Honour to Queen Caroline
Daughter of: Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard & Mary Randyll.
"The friendship of the Prince and Hervey was broken late in 1731 by the actions of a young woman named Anne Vane, Maid of Honor to Queen Caroline. Anne had formed an improper relationship with the Lord Chamberlain, Lord Harrington. Harrington promised to marry her but then forsook her,having achieved his desires without it. Almost immediately Lord Hervey took her as his mistress. When Hervey went for a visit to the country, Prince Frederick moved into bed with the compliant Miss Vane. . . Hervey reported the Prince's behavior with Anne Vane to Queen Caroline who dismissed her Maid of Honor with devastating swiftness. Queen Caroline said of her son; 'my dear first-born is the greatest ass, and the greatest liar, and the greatest canaille, and the greatest beast, in the whole world and . . . I most wheartily wish he was out of it. . . ." (Thomas Bradshaw (1733-1774): A Georgian Politician in the Time of the American Revolution: 16)
Natural Offspring: While at St. James's Palace she had a son born, which was christened in 1732 as Fitz Frederick Vane. It was doubted, however, who was the father of the boy, as it laid to Lard Hervey and the first Lord Harrington, as well as to the prince. On the marriage of the prince, she retired to Bath, where the son died, on the 20th of March, 1736, and the mother seven days later." (Frey, 1887, pp. 350-351).
His lover was:
Helena Paterson Bligh (1794-1869)
"To avoid his creditors, William and the family fled to Italy, where he had an affair with Helena Paterson Bligh, the wife of a Captain in the Coldstream Guards and he abandoned Catherine. Catherine returned to England with her children which were eventually made wards of chancery." (Mysterious Britain)
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