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    Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe, previously Weld; 26 July 1756 – 27 March 1837) was a longtime companion of George, Prince of Wales (later King George...
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    Portrait of Maria Fitzherbert is a 1788 portrait painting by the British artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. The widowed Maria Fitzherbert had entered into a clandestine...
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    put up for sale via agents Strutt & Parker. After the twice widowed Maria Fitzherbert entered London society, in spring 1784 she was introduced to George...
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    He is chiefly remembered for the private memoirs of his relative Maria Fitzherbert, the secret wife of King George IV, which she dictated to him, and...
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    in British television series, including Prince Regent (1979), as Maria Fitzherbert, the clandestine wife of the future George IV, and We'll Meet Again...
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    Wales, whom she had never met. He was already illegally married to Maria Fitzherbert. George and Caroline married the following year but separated shortly...
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    after he reached the age of 21, the prince became infatuated with Maria Fitzherbert. She was a commoner (though granddaughter of a baronet), six years...
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    Prince of Wales (later George IV) felt the need to send the widow Maria Fitzherbert a token of his love. This gesture and the romance that went with it...
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    remained unresolved. The marriage of George IV as Prince of Wales to Maria Fitzherbert in 1785 is frequently referred to as morganatic: it was in fact doubly...
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    biographer. He served as Whig Member of Parliament, wrote the memoirs of Maria Fitzherbert, and was a leading Roman Catholic figure during the 19th century....
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  • Regent (the future King George IV) and it was through the Seftons that Maria Fitzherbert, who was related to the earl, first met the prince in 1784. As a senior...
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  • to the Roman Catholic landed gentry family of Fitzherbert, whose most famous member was Maria Fitzherbert, the first (unrecognised) wife of King George...
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  • reign, with Nigel Davenport as King George III, and Susannah York as Maria Fitzherbert. It was primarily directed by Michael Simpson, with Michael Hayes...
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    actress Maria Fischer-Slyzh (1922–2012), Ukrainian doctor and philanthropist Maria Fitzgerald (born 1953), British neuroscientist Maria Fitzherbert (1756–1837)...
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    Grand Lodges. The Duke of Kent purchased a house of his own from Maria Fitzherbert in 1801. Castle Hill Lodge on Castlebar Hill, Ealing (West London)...
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  • expected of a duke; accepted the marquessate of Milford Haven instead. Maria Fitzherbert, mistress and wife (in a marriage never considered valid under English...
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    their child, and bequeathed all his worldly goods to his mistress, Maria Fitzherbert. Caroline was left one shilling. Many members of the royal family...
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  • after the birth of their daughter Charlotte, and George reunites with Maria Fitzherbert, whom he had wed years before meeting Caroline. The union was considered...
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    the prince to enjoy private liaisons with his long-time companion, Maria Fitzherbert. The prince had wished to marry her, and did so in secrecy as her...
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    Davy John Disney David Douglas Maria Edgeworth Pierce Egan Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin Grace Elliott Maria Fitzherbert Elizabeth Fry David Garrick George...
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    1820 by Caroline, consort of George IV. His non-political 'wife' was Maria Fitzherbert who lived in East End House in Parson's Green. They are reputed to...
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    1795 and was succeeded by his only son, William. He was uncle of Maria Fitzherbert, royal mistress (and secret wife) of King George IV. "Archived copy"...
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    Thus when the future George IV attempted to marry the Roman Catholic Maria Fitzherbert in 1785 without obtaining permission from George III he did not disqualify...
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    Marchioness's predecessor as the Prince Regent's mistress had been Maria Fitzherbert, a Roman Catholic. Other Catholics disapproved of the Marchioness's...
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    Catholic aristocracy and squirearchy. Finally, the famous recusant Maria Fitzherbert, who during this period secretly married the Prince of Wales, prince...
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  • Shand, mistress, and later wife and, queen consort of Charles III Maria Fitzherbert Mary Robinson Frances Twysden Grace Elliott Isabella Seymour-Conway...
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    North Americans. Holly Bush House – later 'East End', tenancy of Maria Fitzherbert, demolished 1884 Belfield House – home of Mrs Jordan, later part of...
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    the rumoured clandestine marriage between the Prince Regent and Maria Fitzherbert is cited in a satirical song in The Times: "Their way to consummation...
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    He was a personal friend of King George III. His sister-in-law was Maria Fitzherbert. After the French Revolution he hosted refugee remnants of the French...
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    matters. These referred to the Prince's illegal 1785 marriage to Maria Fitzherbert, a Roman Catholic, which threatened his place in the line of succession...
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