Maria Gunning, Countess of Coventry
Standard Name: Coventry, Maria Gunning,,, Countess of
Used Form: Lady Coventry
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary Setting | Georgette Heyer | With this first novel Heyer established the elements that were to be the staple of her oeuvre: a swashbuckling hero, here an earl playing at being a highwayman (Jack Carstares, otherwise Earl of Wyncham); a... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Gunning | The beautiful Gunning sisters (later Countess of Coventry
, and successively Duchess of Hamilton and of Argyll
) were EG
's aunts. Lady Coventry, however, had died before Elizabeth was born. |
Timeline
: The Gunning sisters arrived in London from...
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Summer1751
The Gunning sisters arrived in London from Ireland, and created a sensation with their beauty: Maria
was aged around seventeen and Elizabeth
was a year younger.
30 September 1760: Lady Coventry (formerly the beautiful Maria...
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30 September 1760
Lady Coventry
(formerly the beautiful Maria Gunning) died, allegedly of the effects of white lead cosmetics.
10 March 1768: Lord Bolingbroke divorced his wife, the former...
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10 March 1768
Lord Bolingbroke
divorced his wife, the former Lady Diana Spencer
, for her adultery with Topham Beauclerk
, though his own infidelities were well known in society.
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