Richard Annesley, sixth Earl of Anglesey

DDB 's father, Richard Annesley , was a serial bigamist. One interpretation has him resorting to bigamous marriage with any woman he could not seduce by other means; another interpretation sees him as simply pursuing...

The fourth Lord Altham died; his title went to a cousin, who as Lord Altham was to become DDB 's father , and who had cleared his way to the title by having his predecessor's...

The fifth Earl of Anglesey died; his titles went to his brother, DDB 's father , on the same (highly dubious) grounds on which the new earl had ten years previously claimed the title of...

DDB 's father , known as Earl of Anglesey, allegedly made plans for decamping to France following the arrival in England of James Annesley , whose titles he had appropriated.

The Dublin jury found for the claimant James Annesley , cousin of Dorothea Annesley (later DDB ), in his case about titles, including the earldom of Anglesey, which had been unlawfully appropriated by her father

In a postscript to his inheritance case, DDB 's father was convicted of assault against the successful claimant, James Annesley , whom he had previously kidnapped.

DDB 's father made (he said) a second legal marriage, to Juliana Donovan, a month after the death of one estranged, possibly legal wife, though Dorothea's mother (also a perhaps-legal wife) still lived.

The new wife (or alleged wife) of DDB 's father bore him a son; years later the son's legitimacy and claim to the family titles were recognised in Ireland but denied by the House of Lords

This is a defence of her recently-dead mother against her father 's side of the story, and at the same time a plea for herself, her six children, and her two surviving sisters, who are...

Its full title was The Case of Ann, Countess of Anglesey, lately Deceased, lawful wife of Richard Annesley, late Earl of Anglesey , and of her three surviving Daughters, Lady Dorothea, Lady Caroline, and Lady...

The full title was Memoirs of an Unfortunate Young Nobleman, return'd from a thirteen years slavery in America, where he had been sent by the wicked contrivances of his cruel uncle. A story founded on...

The title continues, Occasion'd by a certain nobleman 's cruel usage of his nephew . Done extempore. Five hundred copies were printed by Henry Woodfall in January 1744, and sold to the author for £1...

Shortly after the birth of her youngest child, DDB heard that her father was dangerously ill; she travelled from England to Camolin Park in County Wexford to see him.