Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
14 (1744): 602
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Family and Intimate relationships | Dorothea Du Bois | 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... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Dorothea Du Bois | 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... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Dorothea Du Bois | 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... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Dorothea Du Bois | 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. Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers. 14 (1744): 602 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Dorothea Du Bois | 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 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Dorothea Du Bois | 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. Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Gibbs, VicaryEditor , St Catherine Press, 1959. under Anglesey |
Family and Intimate relationships | Dorothea Du Bois | 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. Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Gibbs, VicaryEditor , St Catherine Press, 1959. under Anglesey |
Family and Intimate relationships | Dorothea Du Bois | 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 |
Textual Features | Dorothea Du Bois | 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... |
Textual Production | Dorothea Du Bois | 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... |
Textual Production | Eliza Haywood | 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... |
Textual Production | Elizabeth Boyd | 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... |
Travel | Dorothea Du Bois | 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. Du Bois, Dorothea. The Case of Ann, Countess of Anglesey. 1766. 4-5 |
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