Maria Woodley
was married, at Nichola Town on the island of St Kitts, to Lieutenant Walter Riddell
, who had acquired plantations on Antigua as a result of his brief first marriage.
MacNaughton, Angus. Burns’ Mrs Riddell. A Biography. Volturna Press, 1975.
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Lindsay, Maurice. The Burns Encyclopedia. Third, revised and enlarged, St Martin’s Press, 1980.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Maria Riddell
Walter Riddell
, husband of MR
, died at Rendezvous Bay in the island of Antigua, leaving his affairs in great confusion.
MacNaughton, Angus. Burns’ Mrs Riddell. A Biography. Volturna Press, 1975.
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Residence
Maria Riddell
The year after her husband
died, MR
was granted a grace and favour residence (that is, one in the gift of the Crown) at Hampton Court Palace. Then or perhaps a little later she...
Wealth and Poverty
Maria Riddell
MR
and her husband
found themselves in much reduced financial circumstances. Their estate, Woodley Park, was said to be put up for sale (or rather have reverted to the original owner because never fully...
