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Iberian Peninsula
Inns of Court
Isle of Wight: Worsley family seat on
see
Appuldurcombe; Sir Richard Worsley seeks to increase his influence on; Sir Richard becomes Governor of; Sir Richard compiles history of; Club Ball; corrupt constituencies; Bisset’s status within community of; Lady Worsley’s affair with Bisset begins on; value of rents from Bisset’s property on; Deerhurst’s visit to; Sir Richard resigns position as Governor of; and Bisset’s life after end of affair with Lady Worsley; Sir Richard retreats to Sea Cottage on; Sarah Smith accompanies Sir Richard to; Lady Worsley regains ownership of lands on; brief references
Italy
see also
names of places
Inns of Court
Isle of Wight: Worsley family seat on
see
Appuldurcombe; Sir Richard Worsley seeks to increase his influence on; Sir Richard becomes Governor of; Sir Richard compiles history of; Club Ball; corrupt constituencies; Bisset’s status within community of; Lady Worsley’s affair with Bisset begins on; value of rents from Bisset’s property on; Deerhurst’s visit to; Sir Richard resigns position as Governor of; and Bisset’s life after end of affair with Lady Worsley; Sir Richard retreats to Sea Cottage on; Sarah Smith accompanies Sir Richard to; Lady Worsley regains ownership of lands on; brief references
Italy
see also
names of places
Jersey, Lady
Jersey, Lord
Johnson, Dr
Johnstone, Jack
Jones, Lucetta
Jersey, Lord
Johnson, Dr
Johnstone, Jack
Jones, Lucetta
Kearsley, George
Kelly, Michael
Kemble, John Philip
Kensington Gardens
Keppel, Mrs
King’s Place, London
King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Kingston
Kingston, Duchess of
Kitchin, Henry
Knaresborough
Kneller, Godfrey
Knight, Richard Payne
Knighton
Kremlin
Kritchev
Kelly, Michael
Kemble, John Philip
Kensington Gardens
Keppel, Mrs
King’s Place, London
King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Kingston
Kingston, Duchess of
Kitchin, Henry
Knaresborough
Kneller, Godfrey
Knight, Richard Payne
Knighton
Kremlin
Kritchev
La Tour du Pin, Madame de
Ladies’ Coterie (Female Coterie)
Lake Geneva
Lamb, Roger
Langdale, Marmaduke
Lascelles, Daniel
Lascelles, Edwin, later 1st Baron Harewood
Lausanne
Lauzan, Duke of
Le Clere, Monsieur
Lee, John ‘Honest Jack’
Leeds
Leeds Mercury
Lely, Peter
Leonardo da Vinci
Lessendrum
Letter to a Young Noble Man on a Variety of Subjects, A
Leversuch, Richard
Leversuch, Mrs
Lewes: the Worsleys in; departure of Lady Worsley and Bisset from; discovery of disappearance of Lady Worsley and Bisset from 68–72; brief references
Lewis, W.S.
Liaisons Dangereuses, Les
Ligonier, Edward, 2nd Earl of
Ligonier, Lady Penelope
Lille
Lincoln’s Inn
Lisbon
Locke (Lady Ligonier’s lover)
London: Lady Betty Worsley re-establishes herself in; property purchased for Sir Richard and Lady Worsley in; early married life of the Worsleys in; South Hampshire militia in; Lady Worsley spends confinement in; Bisset plans to elope with Lady Worsley to; Lady Worsley asks for clothes to be sent to; Lady Worsley and Bisset at Royal Hotel in; Sir Richard Worsley sets out for; Mary Sotheby refuses to take clothes to;
Worsley
v.
Bisset
trial in
see Worsley
v.
Bisset
trial; press
see also
names of publications; establishments with rooms for lovers; trial transcripts published in; print sellers’ shops; theatre; Lady Worsley lives in less salubrious area of; Lady Worsley returns from abroad to; brief references;
see also
names of locations in London
London Chronicle
Louis XVI, King
Louis, Victor
Lyddel, Richard
Lymington
Ladies’ Coterie (Female Coterie)
Lake Geneva
Lamb, Roger
Langdale, Marmaduke
Lascelles, Daniel
Lascelles, Edwin, later 1st Baron Harewood
Lausanne
Lauzan, Duke of
Le Clere, Monsieur
Lee, John ‘Honest Jack’
Leeds
Leeds Mercury
Lely, Peter
Leonardo da Vinci
Lessendrum
Letter to a Young Noble Man on a Variety of Subjects, A
Leversuch, Richard
Leversuch, Mrs
Lewes: the Worsleys in; departure of Lady Worsley and Bisset from; discovery of disappearance of Lady Worsley and Bisset from 68–72; brief references
Lewis, W.S.
Liaisons Dangereuses, Les
Ligonier, Edward, 2nd Earl of
Ligonier, Lady Penelope
Lille
Lincoln’s Inn
Lisbon
Locke (Lady Ligonier’s lover)
London: Lady Betty Worsley re-establishes herself in; property purchased for Sir Richard and Lady Worsley in; early married life of the Worsleys in; South Hampshire militia in; Lady Worsley spends confinement in; Bisset plans to elope with Lady Worsley to; Lady Worsley asks for clothes to be sent to; Lady Worsley and Bisset at Royal Hotel in; Sir Richard Worsley sets out for; Mary Sotheby refuses to take clothes to;
Worsley
v.
Bisset
trial in
see Worsley
v.
Bisset
trial; press
see also
names of publications; establishments with rooms for lovers; trial transcripts published in; print sellers’ shops; theatre; Lady Worsley lives in less salubrious area of; Lady Worsley returns from abroad to; brief references;
see also
names of locations in London
London Chronicle
Louis XVI, King
Louis, Victor
Lyddel, Richard
Lymington
Madrid
Mahon, Gertrude ‘The Bird of Paradise’
Mahon, Gilbreath
Maidstone; incident at baths
Maidstone Bath, The, or The Modern Susanna
Maidstone Whim, The
Maldon, Lord
Mann, Horace
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, Lord Chief Justice
Marat, Jean Paul
Marquiset, Alfred
Marriott, Mary
Marylebone
Mayfair
Megara
Melbourne, Lady
Melbourne, Lord
Memoirs of Sir Finical Whimsy, The
Meyler (or Naylor), Mrs
Meynell, Mrs
Midhurst
Mitcham
Molyneux, Lady
Monmouth, Battle of
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley
Monthly Review
Mordaunt, Charles Henry, 5th Earl of Peterborough
see
Peterborough, Charles Henry Mordaunt, 5th Earl of
Mordaunt, Harriot (later Harriot Bisset)
More, Hannah
Morning Herald
: on possibility of reconciliation between Sir Richard and Lady Worsley; scandal and gossip as subject matter of; on
Worsley
v.
Bisset
trial; on the demand for trial transcripts; on plaque at Lady Worsley’s address; on Lady Worsley’s beaux; on ball organised by Lady Worsley; on Lady Worsley’s drinking; and
An Epistle from Lady Worsley to Sir Richard Worsley
; bribed by Sir Richard; on Lady Worsley’s riding; fewer reports on Lady Worsley; on break-up of relationship between Lady Worsley and Bisset; on Lady Worsley’s relationship with Byers
Morning Post
: on Bisset’s appearance and manner; on women’s dress at Coxheath; on relationship between Lady Worsley and Bisset; scandal and gossip as subject matter of; on visit of Lady Worsley and Bisset to theatre; on
Variety
; and
An Epistle from Lady Worsley to Sir Richard Worsley
; bribed by Sir Richard Worsley; fewer reports on Lady Worsley
Morris, Gouverneur
Morritt, John
Mortimer, J:
A Trip to Cocks Heath
Moscow
Mountford, Lord
Murray, William, Earl of Mansfield
see
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of
Mahon, Gertrude ‘The Bird of Paradise’
Mahon, Gilbreath
Maidstone; incident at baths
Maidstone Bath, The, or The Modern Susanna
Maidstone Whim, The
Maldon, Lord
Mann, Horace
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, Lord Chief Justice
Marat, Jean Paul
Marquiset, Alfred
Marriott, Mary
Marylebone
Mayfair
Megara
Melbourne, Lady
Melbourne, Lord
Memoirs of Sir Finical Whimsy, The
Meyler (or Naylor), Mrs
Meynell, Mrs
Midhurst
Mitcham
Molyneux, Lady
Monmouth, Battle of
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley
Monthly Review
Mordaunt, Charles Henry, 5th Earl of Peterborough
see
Peterborough, Charles Henry Mordaunt, 5th Earl of
Mordaunt, Harriot (later Harriot Bisset)
More, Hannah
Morning Herald
: on possibility of reconciliation between Sir Richard and Lady Worsley; scandal and gossip as subject matter of; on
Worsley
v.
Bisset
trial; on the demand for trial transcripts; on plaque at Lady Worsley’s address; on Lady Worsley’s beaux; on ball organised by Lady Worsley; on Lady Worsley’s drinking; and
An Epistle from Lady Worsley to Sir Richard Worsley
; bribed by Sir Richard; on Lady Worsley’s riding; fewer reports on Lady Worsley; on break-up of relationship between Lady Worsley and Bisset; on Lady Worsley’s relationship with Byers
Morning Post
: on Bisset’s appearance and manner; on women’s dress at Coxheath; on relationship between Lady Worsley and Bisset; scandal and gossip as subject matter of; on visit of Lady Worsley and Bisset to theatre; on
Variety
; and
An Epistle from Lady Worsley to Sir Richard Worsley
; bribed by Sir Richard Worsley; fewer reports on Lady Worsley
Morris, Gouverneur
Morritt, John
Mortimer, J:
A Trip to Cocks Heath
Moscow
Mountford, Lord
Murray, William, Earl of Mansfield
see
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of
Naples
Napoleon Bonaparte
Nelson, Lord
‘New Female Coterie, The’; use of title
Newman Street, London
Newmarket
Newport
Newton
Newton, Catherine
Newtown
Nile, River
Nocturnal Revels
North, Francis
North, Lord
Northington, Earl of
Norton, Caroline
Nottinghamshire Militia
Napoleon Bonaparte
Nelson, Lord
‘New Female Coterie, The’; use of title
Newman Street, London
Newmarket
Newport
Newton
Newton, Catherine
Newtown
Nile, River
Nocturnal Revels
North, Francis
North, Lord
Northington, Earl of
Norton, Caroline
Nottinghamshire Militia
Oglander, Sir William
Old Sarum
Oldfield, T.B.H.
Orleans, Louis Philippe, Duke of (later Philippe Égalité)
Osborn, Dr William
Otranto
Ottoman Empire
see also
names of countries
Oxford; Christ Church; Corpus Christi
Old Sarum
Oldfield, T.B.H.
Orleans, Louis Philippe, Duke of (later Philippe Égalité)
Osborn, Dr William
Otranto
Ottoman Empire
see also
names of countries
Oxford; Christ Church; Corpus Christi
Paddington
Paduano, Alessandro
Paestum
Palace of Balkisa
Palais du Louvre, Paris
Palais Royal, Paris
Palazzo Querini, Venice
Palmerini, Madame (Countess d’Amey)
Pamela
Paris; Lady Worsley in; Sir Richard Worsley in
Paris Commune
Parliament; parliamentary divorce
Parthenon
Particulars of the Late Dick England by an Old Crony, The
Passy
Pechell, Samuel
Pelham, Miss
Pelopnnesian islands
Pembroke, Lady
Pera
Percy, Lord Algernon
Père Lachaise cemetery
Peterborough, Charles Henry Mordaunt, 5th Earl of
Petersfield, Lord
Petworth
Philippe Égalité
see
Orleans, Louis Philippe, Duke of
Pitt, Anne
Pitt, George, later 2nd Baron Riviers
Pitt, Morton
Pitt, William
Pitt Rivers, Lord
Poetical Address from Mrs Newton to Lady W——, A
Poland
Pompeii
Pope, Alexander
Porter, Colonel George
Portman Street, London
Portsmouth Docks
Portugal
Potemkin, Prince
Prendergast, Sarah
Price, Charles ‘Chace’
Puglia
Pylewell
Paduano, Alessandro
Paestum
Palace of Balkisa
Palais du Louvre, Paris
Palais Royal, Paris
Palazzo Querini, Venice
Palmerini, Madame (Countess d’Amey)
Pamela
Paris; Lady Worsley in; Sir Richard Worsley in
Paris Commune
Parliament; parliamentary divorce
Parthenon
Particulars of the Late Dick England by an Old Crony, The
Passy
Pechell, Samuel
Pelham, Miss
Pelopnnesian islands
Pembroke, Lady
Pera
Percy, Lord Algernon
Père Lachaise cemetery
Peterborough, Charles Henry Mordaunt, 5th Earl of
Petersfield, Lord
Petworth
Philippe Égalité
see
Orleans, Louis Philippe, Duke of
Pitt, Anne
Pitt, George, later 2nd Baron Riviers
Pitt, Morton
Pitt, William
Pitt Rivers, Lord
Poetical Address from Mrs Newton to Lady W——, A
Poland
Pompeii
Pope, Alexander
Porter, Colonel George
Portman Street, London
Portsmouth Docks
Portugal
Potemkin, Prince
Prendergast, Sarah
Price, Charles ‘Chace’
Puglia
Pylewell
Quatre Nations, hôtel de, Paris
Queensberry, Duke of
Queensberry, Duke of
Rambler
(
Rambler’s Magazine
)
Raphael
Reign of Terror
Reni, Guido
Reveley, Willey
Revett, Nicholas
Reynolds, Joshua
Rhodes
Richardson, Samuel
Richardson, Sarah
Robert Pattison
Robertson, Thomas
Robespierre
Robinson, Mary ‘Perdita’
Rochfort
v.
Rochfort
Rome
Rosa, Salvator
Rosetto (Rashid)
Rowe, Nicholas:
The Fair Penitent
Rowlandson, Thomas;
The Collectors
;
The Connyseurs
Rowlls, William Peter Lee
Royal Academy
Royal Cheshire Militia
Royal Hotel, Pall Mall: chosen as place for Lady Worsley and Bisset to stay; Lady Worsley and Bisset at; investigations conducted at; staff as witnesses at trial
Royal Society
Rushworth, Edward
Russell, John
Russia
(
Rambler’s Magazine
)
Raphael
Reign of Terror
Reni, Guido
Reveley, Willey
Revett, Nicholas
Reynolds, Joshua
Rhodes
Richardson, Samuel
Richardson, Sarah
Robert Pattison
Robertson, Thomas
Robespierre
Robinson, Mary ‘Perdita’
Rochfort
v.
Rochfort
Rome
Rosa, Salvator
Rosetto (Rashid)
Rowe, Nicholas:
The Fair Penitent
Rowlandson, Thomas;
The Collectors
;
The Connyseurs
Rowlls, William Peter Lee
Royal Academy
Royal Cheshire Militia
Royal Hotel, Pall Mall: chosen as place for Lady Worsley and Bisset to stay; Lady Worsley and Bisset at; investigations conducted at; staff as witnesses at trial
Royal Society
Rushworth, Edward
Russell, John
Russia
Sadler, Mr
Sadler’s Wells
Saint-Georges, Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de
St James Coffee House
St John, John
St Leger, Anthony
St Petersburg
Sandwich, Earl of
Scot, Dr
Scott, Mr
Sea Cottage
Sebastiano del Piombo
Sebastopol
Selve, Monsieur de
Selwyn, George
‘Separation from Bed and Board’
Seville
Sheffield, Lord
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley;
The Camp
;
The School for Scandal
Shilling, The
Shooters Hill
Simond, Louis
Simpson, Henrietta Anna Maria Charlotte Bridgeman
Smith, Captain
Smith, Sarah
Society of Antiquaries
Society of Artists
Society of Dilettanti
Society for Promoting Protestant Schools
Somerset
Somerset, Duke of
Sotheby, Mary
South Hampshire Militia
Southampton
Sozh River
Spa
Spain
Spencer, Lord George
Stanhope, Caroline, 2nd Countess of Harrington
see
Harrington, Caroline Stanhope, 2nd Countess of
Stanhope, Charles, 3rd Earl of Harrington
see
Harrington, Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of
Stanhope (
née
Fleming), Jane Margaret, 3rd Countess of Harrington
see
Harrington, Jane Margaret Stanhope (
née
Fleming) 3rd Countess of
Stanhope, Walter Spencer
Stanhope, William, 2nd Earl of Harrington
Stanislaw August Poniatowski, King of Poland
Starr Inn, Lewes
Stavordale, Lord
Stilton
Stockdale, Robert
Stoke Park
Stone, Lawrence
Storer, Anthony
Stratford Place, London
Stratford Saye
Stuart, James
Stuart, Captain Simeon
Sussex Downs
Sutton, Lady George
Swift, Jonathan
Swift, William
Switzerland
Sadler’s Wells
Saint-Georges, Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de
St James Coffee House
St John, John
St Leger, Anthony
St Petersburg
Sandwich, Earl of
Scot, Dr
Scott, Mr
Sea Cottage
Sebastiano del Piombo
Sebastopol
Selve, Monsieur de
Selwyn, George
‘Separation from Bed and Board’
Seville
Sheffield, Lord
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley;
The Camp
;
The School for Scandal
Shilling, The
Shooters Hill
Simond, Louis
Simpson, Henrietta Anna Maria Charlotte Bridgeman
Smith, Captain
Smith, Sarah
Society of Antiquaries
Society of Artists
Society of Dilettanti
Society for Promoting Protestant Schools
Somerset
Somerset, Duke of
Sotheby, Mary
South Hampshire Militia
Southampton
Sozh River
Spa
Spain
Spencer, Lord George
Stanhope, Caroline, 2nd Countess of Harrington
see
Harrington, Caroline Stanhope, 2nd Countess of
Stanhope, Charles, 3rd Earl of Harrington
see
Harrington, Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of
Stanhope (
née
Fleming), Jane Margaret, 3rd Countess of Harrington
see
Harrington, Jane Margaret Stanhope (
née
Fleming) 3rd Countess of
Stanhope, Walter Spencer
Stanhope, William, 2nd Earl of Harrington
Stanislaw August Poniatowski, King of Poland
Starr Inn, Lewes
Stavordale, Lord
Stilton
Stockdale, Robert
Stoke Park
Stone, Lawrence
Storer, Anthony
Stratford Place, London
Stratford Saye
Stuart, James
Stuart, Captain Simeon
Sussex Downs
Sutton, Lady George
Swift, Jonathan
Swift, William
Switzerland
Tarleton, Banastre
Theatre Royal
Thompson, Jerah
Thrale, Hester Lynch
Tilly, comte de
Times, The
Titian
Tomb of Ajax, Rhoeteum
Topham, Mr
Topkapi Palace
Torpedo, The
Tory party
Town and Country Magazine
Townley, Charles
Troiki
Troy
Trumbach, Randolph
Tubb, Joseph
Tubb’s lodging house, Lewes
Tuileries Palace
Tunbridge Wells
Turkey
Turtle, Benjamin
Theatre Royal
Thompson, Jerah
Thrale, Hester Lynch
Tilly, comte de
Times, The
Titian
Tomb of Ajax, Rhoeteum
Topham, Mr
Topkapi Palace
Torpedo, The
Tory party
Town and Country Magazine
Townley, Charles
Troiki
Troy
Trumbach, Randolph
Tubb, Joseph
Tubb’s lodging house, Lewes
Tuileries Palace
Tunbridge Wells
Turkey
Turtle, Benjamin
Undercliff
Valentia, Lord
Van Dyck, Anthony
Varennes
Variety, or Which is the Man?
Velázquez, Diego
Venice
Venus in the Cloister
Vernon, Caroline
Vernon, Henry
Veronese
Vesuvius
Villa Negroni
Villers, Mr
Visconti, Ennio Quirino
Voltaire
Van Dyck, Anthony
Varennes
Variety, or Which is the Man?
Velázquez, Diego
Venice
Venus in the Cloister
Vernon, Caroline
Vernon, Henry
Veronese
Vesuvius
Villa Negroni
Villers, Mr
Visconti, Ennio Quirino
Voltaire
Wales, George, Prince of (later George IV)
Wallace, Attorney-General James
Walpole, Horace
Warde, St Andrew
Washington, George
Watkinson, Anna
Webster, Elizabeth Vassall
West, Benjamin
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Hall
Westminster School
Weston, Mr
Weymouth
Wheatley, George
Whigs
Whim!!!,The
White Hart Inn, Godstone
White Hart Inn, Lewes
White’s
Whore. A Poem Written by a Lady of Quality, The
Wilkes, John
Wilkes, Wetenhall:
Letter of Genteel and Moral Advice to a Young Lady
Williams, Elizabeth
Williams, Eric
Winchester
Winchester College
World
Worsley, Lady Betty
Worsley, Charlotte Dorothy (known as Charlotte Cochard), later Charlotte Hammond
Worsley, Edward Meux
Worsley, Henrietta
Worsley, Sir James
Worsley, James
Worsley, Jane Seymour
Worsley, Sir Richard, 1st Baronet
Worlsey, Sir Richard, 7th Baronet: spends period abroad with his family; attitudes and ideas learnt during childhood; family background; death of his father; at Corpus Christi College; grand tour; first experience of a sexual nature; character as a young man; announces intention to marry; romantic interest in Jane Fleming; appearance; wealth; visit to Harewood; rejected as suitor by Jane Fleming; Seymour’s first encounters with; engagement to Seymour; marriage contract; purchase of jewels for Seymour; marries Seymour; first weeks of marriage; portrait on occasion of his marriage; renovation and extension of Appuldurcombe; sells Pylewell; interest in art and antiquities; becomes member of Society of Antiquaries and Society of Dilettanti; elected a Fellow of Royal Society; election to Parliament; political views and ambitions; appointments and offices; compiles
A History of the Isle of Wight
; commands South Hampshire Militia; busy lifestyle; birth of son; sexual inadequacy; beginning of marriage problems; unperturbed by wife’s behaviour; and elections; becomes acquainted with Bisset; offers captain’s commission to Bisset; at Coxheath; hires house in Maidstone; attitude to Bisset’s affair with his wife; accepts Bisset’s daughter as his own; visit to Maidstone baths; accommodation in Lewes; options available
in event of an elopement; as trustee of his wife’s possessions; remains at home on evening of elopement; Bisset sends message to; discovers wife’s elopement; sets out for London; instructions to servants before departure; does not allow sending of clothes and jewels to his wife; bases himself at Hesse’s home in Paddington; receives messages from his wife; meets with Topham; introduced to Farrer; decides how to act against his wife and Bisset; Lady Worsley and Bisset anxiously await response of; Lady Worsley and Bisset learn whereabouts of; writs issued; Farrer explains situation to; instructions sent to servants; and involvement of Deighton in investigations; and gossip; remains in hiding; faces loss of political influence; receives letter from his wife; failure of negotiations; destroys his wife’s belongings at Appuldurcombe; continues to withhold his wife’s clothes and jewels; does not permit his wife access to her daughter; and death of Jane; legal team; criminal conversation trial (
Worsley
v.
Bisset
); attitudes to his wife’s affairs revealed by questioning of witnesses; shock at verdict, and disappearance; unable to face his parliamentary duties; public humiliation and ridicule; depicted in caricatures; voyeurism; and conceptions of connoiseurship; suspected of playing role in wife’s elopement; Lady Worsley seeks to embarrass; denies involvement in
Variety
; legal battle of
Worsley
v.
Worsley
continues; publication of
An Epistle from Lady Worsley to Sir Richard Worsley
;
Epistle
has impact on; arranges return of his wife’s clothing, but retains her jewels; pamplets published about; publishes
The Answer of Sir Richard Worsley to the Epistle of Lady Worsley
; name linked with courtesans; ruling given on his suit for separation; disputes details of the separation; travels abroad; efforts to acquire a collection of antiquities; interest in slave market; aggressiveness towards his servants; purchases a slave; cruel treatment of slave; and Lady Worsley’s financial situation; returns to London; deeds for separation; displays his collection;
Museum Worsleyanum
; as British Minister-Resident in Venice; makes further acquisitions; and his son; leaves Venice; returns to England; retreats to Sea Cottage; relationship with Countess d’Amey; relationship with Sarah Smith; financial situation; seizure of ship carrying items from his collection,
256–7; reckless spending on collecting; late portrait of; death; legacy; collection sold; monument to; and claims of Charlotte Hammond
Worsley, Robert Edwin
Worsley (
née
Fleming), Lady Seymour Dorothy: birth; appearance; family background; as beneficiary of her father’s will; life at Harewood; character and interests; wealth; first encounters with Sir Richard Worsley; engagement; marriage contract; trousseau; jewellery; marries Sir Richard; first weeks of marriage; first portrait by Reynolds; and work in grounds at Appuldurcombe; birth of son; and Sir Richard’s sexual inadequacy; beginning of marriage problems; moves in fashionable circles; as inspiration for character in
The School for Scandal
; outrageous behaviour; Sir Richard unperturbed by antics of; becomes acquainted with Bisset; affair with Bisset; pregnant with Bisset’s child; at Coxheath; another portrait by Reynolds; living arrangements in Maidston; gives birth to Bisset’s daughter; visit to Maidstone baths; accomodation in Lewes; decision to elope with Bisset; possible outcomes of decision; preparations for elopement; elopement; writes instructions to Mary Sotheby; at Royal Hotel with Bisset; Connolly sent with message to maid of; discovery of elopement; Mary Sotheby’s concerns about; not permitted to have her clothes and jewels; sends messages to her husband; Sir Richard decides on how to take action against; financial value to her husband; anxious about her husband’s intentions; served with writ; investigations into; leaves Royal Hotel; gossip about; takes shelter in Southampton; letter to Sir Richard; failure of negotiations with Sir Richard; belongings at Appuldurcombe destroyed; husband continues to withhold clothes and jewels; not permitted access to her daughter; learns about death of her daughter; not present at trial of Bisset; and the charge against Bisset; and presentation of facts of plaintiff’s case; and evidence of witnesses about elopement; and Bearcroft’s address to the court; revelations in court about affairs and state of her marriage; relationship with Deerhurst; relationship with Wyndham; relationship with Rushworth; relationship with Cholmondeley; acquaintance with Peterborough; acquaintance with Bouchier Smith; relationship with Graham; suffers from venereal disease; speculations about other lovers of; sacrifice of her reputation; behaviour
at Maidstone baths revealed; and judge’s address to the jury; exposed to public ridicule; displayed to Sir Richard’s friends during her marriage; public attention turns towards; lifestyle and friendships after the trial; seeks to embarrass Sir Richard; episode at Haymarket Theatre; as focus for insults and ridicule; target for satirists; focus for caricaturists; publication of
An Epistle from Lady Worsley to Sir Richard Worsley
; and disagreements about conditions of separation; registers complaint about husband’s failure to return her clothing; clothing returned to; more publications about; Sir Richard publishes his answer to the
Epistle
; ruling about separation; dare-devil equestrianism; pregnancy; Bisset leaves; lives in Newman Street; relationship with Byers; financial situation; receives visits from bailiffs; gives birth to Bisset’s child; leaves England; returns to London, and gives birth to a daughter; takes her daughter abroad; places her daughter with Cochard family; makes for Paris; relationship with Saint-Georges; returns to England; debts; deeds for separation; returns to Paris; lives in France; relationship with Dick England; gambling venture; receives occasional reports about her son; returns to England; illness; reconciled with her family; continuing financial difficulties; resides on Brompton estate; relationship with Porter; relationship with Hummell; and death of Sir Richard; marries Hummell, who takes Fleming as surname; resumes maiden name; regains possession of her fortune; nominates her second husband as trustee; and claims made on behalf of her daughter; remains socially unacceptable; returns to live in France with her second husband; death; second husband wishes to be buried alongside
Worsley, Sir Thomas, 6th Baronet
Worsley, Captain Thomas
Worsley
v.
Bisset
trial
Worsley
v.
Worsley
(Separation from Bed and Board case)
Wrightson, Mr
Wyndham, Charles
Wyndham, M.P.
Wynne, Judge William
Wallace, Attorney-General James
Walpole, Horace
Warde, St Andrew
Washington, George
Watkinson, Anna
Webster, Elizabeth Vassall
West, Benjamin
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Hall
Westminster School
Weston, Mr
Weymouth
Wheatley, George
Whigs
Whim!!!,The
White Hart Inn, Godstone
White Hart Inn, Lewes
White’s
Whore. A Poem Written by a Lady of Quality, The
Wilkes, John
Wilkes, Wetenhall:
Letter of Genteel and Moral Advice to a Young Lady
Williams, Elizabeth
Williams, Eric
Winchester
Winchester College
World
Worsley, Lady Betty
Worsley, Charlotte Dorothy (known as Charlotte Cochard), later Charlotte Hammond
Worsley, Edward Meux
Worsley, Henrietta
Worsley, Sir James
Worsley, James
Worsley, Jane Seymour
Worsley, Sir Richard, 1st Baronet
Worlsey, Sir Richard, 7th Baronet: spends period abroad with his family; attitudes and ideas learnt during childhood; family background; death of his father; at Corpus Christi College; grand tour; first experience of a sexual nature; character as a young man; announces intention to marry; romantic interest in Jane Fleming; appearance; wealth; visit to Harewood; rejected as suitor by Jane Fleming; Seymour’s first encounters with; engagement to Seymour; marriage contract; purchase of jewels for Seymour; marries Seymour; first weeks of marriage; portrait on occasion of his marriage; renovation and extension of Appuldurcombe; sells Pylewell; interest in art and antiquities; becomes member of Society of Antiquaries and Society of Dilettanti; elected a Fellow of Royal Society; election to Parliament; political views and ambitions; appointments and offices; compiles
A History of the Isle of Wight
; commands South Hampshire Militia; busy lifestyle; birth of son; sexual inadequacy; beginning of marriage problems; unperturbed by wife’s behaviour; and elections; becomes acquainted with Bisset; offers captain’s commission to Bisset; at Coxheath; hires house in Maidstone; attitude to Bisset’s affair with his wife; accepts Bisset’s daughter as his own; visit to Maidstone baths; accommodation in Lewes; options available
in event of an elopement; as trustee of his wife’s possessions; remains at home on evening of elopement; Bisset sends message to; discovers wife’s elopement; sets out for London; instructions to servants before departure; does not allow sending of clothes and jewels to his wife; bases himself at Hesse’s home in Paddington; receives messages from his wife; meets with Topham; introduced to Farrer; decides how to act against his wife and Bisset; Lady Worsley and Bisset anxiously await response of; Lady Worsley and Bisset learn whereabouts of; writs issued; Farrer explains situation to; instructions sent to servants; and involvement of Deighton in investigations; and gossip; remains in hiding; faces loss of political influence; receives letter from his wife; failure of negotiations; destroys his wife’s belongings at Appuldurcombe; continues to withhold his wife’s clothes and jewels; does not permit his wife access to her daughter; and death of Jane; legal team; criminal conversation trial (
Worsley
v.
Bisset
); attitudes to his wife’s affairs revealed by questioning of witnesses; shock at verdict, and disappearance; unable to face his parliamentary duties; public humiliation and ridicule; depicted in caricatures; voyeurism; and conceptions of connoiseurship; suspected of playing role in wife’s elopement; Lady Worsley seeks to embarrass; denies involvement in
Variety
; legal battle of
Worsley
v.
Worsley
continues; publication of
An Epistle from Lady Worsley to Sir Richard Worsley
;
Epistle
has impact on; arranges return of his wife’s clothing, but retains her jewels; pamplets published about; publishes
The Answer of Sir Richard Worsley to the Epistle of Lady Worsley
; name linked with courtesans; ruling given on his suit for separation; disputes details of the separation; travels abroad; efforts to acquire a collection of antiquities; interest in slave market; aggressiveness towards his servants; purchases a slave; cruel treatment of slave; and Lady Worsley’s financial situation; returns to London; deeds for separation; displays his collection;
Museum Worsleyanum
; as British Minister-Resident in Venice; makes further acquisitions; and his son; leaves Venice; returns to England; retreats to Sea Cottage; relationship with Countess d’Amey; relationship with Sarah Smith; financial situation; seizure of ship carrying items from his collection,
256–7; reckless spending on collecting; late portrait of; death; legacy; collection sold; monument to; and claims of Charlotte Hammond
Worsley, Robert Edwin
Worsley (
née
Fleming), Lady Seymour Dorothy: birth; appearance; family background; as beneficiary of her father’s will; life at Harewood; character and interests; wealth; first encounters with Sir Richard Worsley; engagement; marriage contract; trousseau; jewellery; marries Sir Richard; first weeks of marriage; first portrait by Reynolds; and work in grounds at Appuldurcombe; birth of son; and Sir Richard’s sexual inadequacy; beginning of marriage problems; moves in fashionable circles; as inspiration for character in
The School for Scandal
; outrageous behaviour; Sir Richard unperturbed by antics of; becomes acquainted with Bisset; affair with Bisset; pregnant with Bisset’s child; at Coxheath; another portrait by Reynolds; living arrangements in Maidston; gives birth to Bisset’s daughter; visit to Maidstone baths; accomodation in Lewes; decision to elope with Bisset; possible outcomes of decision; preparations for elopement; elopement; writes instructions to Mary Sotheby; at Royal Hotel with Bisset; Connolly sent with message to maid of; discovery of elopement; Mary Sotheby’s concerns about; not permitted to have her clothes and jewels; sends messages to her husband; Sir Richard decides on how to take action against; financial value to her husband; anxious about her husband’s intentions; served with writ; investigations into; leaves Royal Hotel; gossip about; takes shelter in Southampton; letter to Sir Richard; failure of negotiations with Sir Richard; belongings at Appuldurcombe destroyed; husband continues to withhold clothes and jewels; not permitted access to her daughter; learns about death of her daughter; not present at trial of Bisset; and the charge against Bisset; and presentation of facts of plaintiff’s case; and evidence of witnesses about elopement; and Bearcroft’s address to the court; revelations in court about affairs and state of her marriage; relationship with Deerhurst; relationship with Wyndham; relationship with Rushworth; relationship with Cholmondeley; acquaintance with Peterborough; acquaintance with Bouchier Smith; relationship with Graham; suffers from venereal disease; speculations about other lovers of; sacrifice of her reputation; behaviour
at Maidstone baths revealed; and judge’s address to the jury; exposed to public ridicule; displayed to Sir Richard’s friends during her marriage; public attention turns towards; lifestyle and friendships after the trial; seeks to embarrass Sir Richard; episode at Haymarket Theatre; as focus for insults and ridicule; target for satirists; focus for caricaturists; publication of
An Epistle from Lady Worsley to Sir Richard Worsley
; and disagreements about conditions of separation; registers complaint about husband’s failure to return her clothing; clothing returned to; more publications about; Sir Richard publishes his answer to the
Epistle
; ruling about separation; dare-devil equestrianism; pregnancy; Bisset leaves; lives in Newman Street; relationship with Byers; financial situation; receives visits from bailiffs; gives birth to Bisset’s child; leaves England; returns to London, and gives birth to a daughter; takes her daughter abroad; places her daughter with Cochard family; makes for Paris; relationship with Saint-Georges; returns to England; debts; deeds for separation; returns to Paris; lives in France; relationship with Dick England; gambling venture; receives occasional reports about her son; returns to England; illness; reconciled with her family; continuing financial difficulties; resides on Brompton estate; relationship with Porter; relationship with Hummell; and death of Sir Richard; marries Hummell, who takes Fleming as surname; resumes maiden name; regains possession of her fortune; nominates her second husband as trustee; and claims made on behalf of her daughter; remains socially unacceptable; returns to live in France with her second husband; death; second husband wishes to be buried alongside
Worsley, Sir Thomas, 6th Baronet
Worsley, Captain Thomas
Worsley
v.
Bisset
trial
Worsley
v.
Worsley
(Separation from Bed and Board case)
Wrightson, Mr
Wyndham, Charles
Wyndham, M.P.
Wynne, Judge William
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