Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Evelyn Pierrepont second Duke of Kingston
Standard Name: Kingston, Evelyn Pierrepont,,, second Duke of
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1 May 1749: Elizabeth Chudleigh created a sensation by...
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1 May 1749
Elizabeth Chudleigh
created a sensation by appearing at a masquerade in the character of Iphigenia, in a dress so transparent that she was as good as naked.
Rizzo, Betty. Companions Without Vows: Relationships Among Eighteenth-Century British Women. University of Georgia Press, 1994.
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April 1776: Elizabeth Chudleigh was tried for bigamy...
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April 1776
Elizabeth Chudleigh
was tried for bigamy in her second marriage, to the late Duke of Kingston
: she was found guilty but, her first husband being now a peer, she escaped the punishment of branding...