She said she fell in love with the Duke of Marlborough
, but resisted. Once starvation actually loomed, however, she may well have made part of her inadequate income by directly sexual means. The accusation...
Family and Intimate relationships
Elizabeth Gunning
A rumour arose in London society that EG
was to marry the Marquess of Blandford
, heir to the Duke of Marlborough
.
Gantz, Ida. The Pastel Portrait. Cresset Press, 1963.
120-1
Friends, Associates
Susannah Gunning
The duchess was also grandmother of Blandford
(heir to the Duke of Marlborough
), with whose name that of Elizabeth Gunning had been damagingly linked. Her patronage presumably did something to salvage the reputations of...
Textual Features
Elizabeth Boyd
EB
's preface alludes to Steele'sTatler, and calls the slow, sure Snail . . . the well-meant, altho' weak Attempt of a mere Woman.