The Court of Exchequer
began hearing a case brought by the seventh Earl of Westmeath
for £20,000 damages from Augustus Cavendish Bradshaw
for his adultery with Lady Westmeath (later MACB
).
Curran, John Philpot. Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq. I. Riley, 1811, 2 vols.
1: 165-6
Family and Intimate relationships
Mary Ann Cavendish Bradshaw
Lady Westmeath
, just divorced by her husband
, became MACB
when she married the Honourable Augustus Cavendish Bradshaw
.
His father, Sir Henry Cavendish
, baronet (1732-1804), sat in both the Irish and English...
Family and Intimate relationships
Mary Ann Cavendish Bradshaw
A housemaid testified during the divorce proceedings that Augustus Cavendish Bradshaw
frequently visited Lady Westmeath alone at her Portman Square house and stayed very late. The children's nurse added that her employer several times slept...