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| James Duff 2nd Earl of Fife @Wikipedia |
(1729-1809)
Scottish nobleman and politician.
Husband of: Dorothea Sinclair, mar 1759
His lover was:
Margaret Adam of Keith, his mother's personal maid.
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| James Duff 4th Earl of Fife @geni.com |
(1776-1857)
Scot general
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| Maria Caroline Manners Countess of Duff @National Galleries Scotland |
His lovers were:
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| Harriette Wilson |
British courtesan & author
" . . . Captain Gronow was a soldier and man about town in London from roughly 1808 through 1820, and then resided in Paris, until his death. The Reminiscences was a popular, gossipy collection of half-remembered stories by an old dandy of his youth in the midst of the Regency era. . . ." (PDMP Gallery)
" . . . On the far left is the Earl of Fife, who sat on the noble committee of management at the opera that year and who was a well-known protector of dancers. As we will see, his patronage extended to Marie Mercandotti, who has her leg in the air, and Lise Noblet, standing front center. Fife has his arm around Edward Hughes Ball. Hughes, an officer in the Seventh Hussars commonly known by his dandified name, the 'Golden Ball.' Lady Jane Paget had broken off her engagement with him in 1821 (The Greville Memoirs, 1814-1860. . . ), and having proposed to two other women and been turned down, Ball Hughes 'determined to look for a wife in another direction' and 'became a constant attendant in Fops'-alley, and one of the privileged loungers behind the scenes at the Italian opera'. . . He and Mercandotti married in 1823 and traveled to Scotland for the ceremony so Fife could be present. Prince V. Esterhazy stands at the back, while on the far right is Lord Petersham, a well-known dandy. . . ." (Fashionable Acts: Opera and Elite Culture in London, 1780-1880: 66))
2) Mademoiselle Lise Noblet.
" . . . In fact, Fife's affections lay elsewhere. As a devotee of the opera, with a particular penchant for your female dancers, he had lavished much money and attention on Mademoiselle Noble, who 'gave so much satisfaction to the habitues of the pit', and whom he had taken under his wing in Paris after the war. 'Fife combined moral laxity and financial extravagance with seriousness of mind and concern for the welfare of the tenants and labourers on his extensive estates in north-east Scotland. . . According to Captain Gronow's doubtless embroidered account, he 'spent a fortune upon her; his presents in jewels, furniture, articles of dress, and money, exceeded 40,000 pounds. In return for all this generosity Lord Fife asked nothing more than the lady's flattery and professions of affection. . . On his return to London, the old roue would amuse George IV with a minute description of the lady's legs, and her skill in using them. Horses' legs are frequently the cause of the ruin of members of our aristocracy, but in the case of Lord Fife, the beautiful shape of the supporters of Mlle Noblet had such an effect upon the perfervidum ingenium Scoti, that he from first to last spent nearly 80,000 pounds on this fair daughter of Terpsichore.'" (History of Parliament Online)
" . . . Captain Gronow was a soldier and man about town in London from roughly 1808 through 1820, and then resided in Paris, until his death. The Reminiscences was a popular, gossipy collection of half-remembered stories by an old dandy of his youth in the midst of the Regency era. . . ." (PDMP Gallery)
" . . . On the far left is the Earl of Fife, who sat on the noble committee of management at the opera that year and who was a well-known protector of dancers. As we will see, his patronage extended to Marie Mercandotti, who has her leg in the air, and Lise Noblet, standing front center. Fife has his arm around Edward Hughes Ball. Hughes, an officer in the Seventh Hussars commonly known by his dandified name, the 'Golden Ball.' Lady Jane Paget had broken off her engagement with him in 1821 (The Greville Memoirs, 1814-1860. . . ), and having proposed to two other women and been turned down, Ball Hughes 'determined to look for a wife in another direction' and 'became a constant attendant in Fops'-alley, and one of the privileged loungers behind the scenes at the Italian opera'. . . He and Mercandotti married in 1823 and traveled to Scotland for the ceremony so Fife could be present. Prince V. Esterhazy stands at the back, while on the far right is Lord Petersham, a well-known dandy. . . ." (Fashionable Acts: Opera and Elite Culture in London, 1780-1880: 66))
2) Mademoiselle Lise Noblet.
" . . . In fact, Fife's affections lay elsewhere. As a devotee of the opera, with a particular penchant for your female dancers, he had lavished much money and attention on Mademoiselle Noble, who 'gave so much satisfaction to the habitues of the pit', and whom he had taken under his wing in Paris after the war. 'Fife combined moral laxity and financial extravagance with seriousness of mind and concern for the welfare of the tenants and labourers on his extensive estates in north-east Scotland. . . According to Captain Gronow's doubtless embroidered account, he 'spent a fortune upon her; his presents in jewels, furniture, articles of dress, and money, exceeded 40,000 pounds. In return for all this generosity Lord Fife asked nothing more than the lady's flattery and professions of affection. . . On his return to London, the old roue would amuse George IV with a minute description of the lady's legs, and her skill in using them. Horses' legs are frequently the cause of the ruin of members of our aristocracy, but in the case of Lord Fife, the beautiful shape of the supporters of Mlle Noblet had such an effect upon the perfervidum ingenium Scoti, that he from first to last spent nearly 80,000 pounds on this fair daughter of Terpsichore.'" (History of Parliament Online)
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