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Elizabeth Pierrepont (née Chudleigh), Duchess of Kingston (8 March 1721 – 26 August 1788), sometimes called Countess of Bristol, was an English courtier and courtesan, known by her contemporaries for her adventurous life style.
18 de feb. de 2022 · February 18, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. EST. Elizabeth Chudleigh, depicted around 1760, married the Duke of Kingston in 1769, but she had a secret: She was already married. (Hulton Archive/Getty...
English adventurer and bigamist. Name variations: Elizabeth Chudleigh (1720–44); Mrs. Hervey (in secret, 1744—); Duchess of Kingston (1769–1788, she continued to call herself duchess and expected others to do likewise even after her conviction for bigamy); Countess of Bristol (her actual title after 1775 but one she refused to acknowledge).
The Bigamous Duchess of Kingston. Elizabeth Chudleigh (c.1720-1788) came from an impoverished landed Devon family. In 1744 she married a Royal Navy officer, Augustus John Hervey (1724-1779) but concealed the marriage so that she could retain her position as maid of honour to the Princess of Wales.
20 de oct. de 2021 · Elizabeth Chudleigh made constant gossip fodder, from her days as the most fascinating of the maids of honour (the It girls of their day), through her various escapades in the marriage market, to her eventual trial in 1776 and the self-imposed exile she embarked upon afterwards.
- Catherine Ostler
24 de feb. de 2022 · Born Elizabeth Chudleigh, the duchess was once a dowryless beauty whose wit and connections had propelled her into the royal court. But a broken engagement had led to an impulsive union with...
Elizabeth Chudleigh - The Bigamous Duchess of Kingston. By. Mike Rendell. The trial of the Duchess of Kingston (born Elizabeth Chudleigh in 1721) for the crime of bigamy was one of the sensations of the Georgian Age.
