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    Elizabeth Pierrepont (née Chudleigh), Duchess of Kingston (8 March 1721 – 26 August 1788), sometimes called Countess of Bristol, was an English courtier...
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    Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1 August 1630 – 17 October 1673) was an English statesman who sat in the House of Commons from 1660...
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  • Lady Chudleigh (née Mary Lee; August 1656–1710) was an English poet who belonged to an intellectual circle that included Mary Astell, Elizabeth Thomas...
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  • plot is closely based on the life of Elizabeth Chudleigh. An afterword states that "The story of Elizabeth Chudleigh is substantially true ...", which could...
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    Chudleigh (/ˈtʃʌdli/) is an ancient wool town located within the Teignbridge District Council area of Devon, England; it is sited between Newton Abbot...
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    the notable poet Mary, Lady Chudleigh (1656-1710). Elizabeth Chudleigh (1720-1788), the daughter of Colonel Thomas Chudleigh, younger son of the 3rd Baronet...
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  • Creek, Tasmania, Australia Mount Chudleigh, mountain in New Zealand Chudleigh baronets, of Ashton, Devon Elizabeth Chudleigh (1720-1788), English noble, known...
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    in April 1775. In August 1744 Hervey had been secretly married to Elizabeth Chudleigh (1720–1788), afterwards Duchess of Kingston, but this union was dissolved...
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    mistress Louise de Keroualle before he died in 1685. In August 1744 Elizabeth Chudleigh and Augustus Hervey were secretly married in Lainston House's private...
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  • street, for £180 a year. She was assisted in this by the patronage of Elizabeth Chudleigh, later to be the bigamous wife of a duke. In autumn that year she...
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    Kingston-upon-Hull (1711–1773) for his mistress and later bigamous wife Elizabeth Chudleigh (1720–1788). On her death it passed to the Duke’s nephew Charles...
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  • London is a 2022 book by Catherine Ostler that examines the life of Elizabeth Chudleigh. The book has five "positive" reviews, six "rave" reviews, and one...
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    When the 2nd Duke died in 1773 he left the estate to his wife, Elizabeth Chudleigh, the former wife of the Earl of Bristol. After a very public court...
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    sides of the political aisle. In the 1770s, he took up the cause of Elizabeth Chudleigh as her secretary and publicist of sorts once she came under attack...
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    Cassell. Two chapters are devoted to trials for bigamy, that of Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston, and that of the 2nd Earl Russell. Detailed...
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    able to invalidate the Duke's will, on the grounds that his widow, Elizabeth Chudleigh, was guilty of bigamy. Foote picked up this news and began work on...
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    north-east of the town of Chudleigh, near Kate Brook. The Hunt family was settled at Hams before the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Thomas Hunt...
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    Colonel James Chudleigh (c. 1618 – 6 December 1643) was an English military officer, who served in the First English Civil War. Initially appointed to...
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  • Baron Clifford of Chudleigh Hon. Mary Clifford Following his first wife's death on 15 January 1926, Clifford married Mary Elizabeth Knox, younger daughter...
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    He died in January 1658. George Chudleigh was born in 1578, eldest son of John Chudleigh (1565–1589), and Elizabeth Speke, died 1628, daughter of Sir...
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    Thynne, who married Barbara Calthorpe; Henry Thynne, who married Elizabeth Chudleigh; Charles Thynne; Edward Thynne, who married Theodosia Manners; William...
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    Laws Respecting Women anonymously, but it is sometimes credited to Elizabeth Chudleigh Bristol, known for her bigamous marriage to the 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull...
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  • chapel's services. The chapel's weddings included Duke of Kingston and Elizabeth Chudleigh (bigamously) Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos and Anne Jeffrey...
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  • Kent and then, when that was deemed still too vulnerable to bombing, to Chudleigh, a town in Devon. Her father died in May 1942, aged 40, when she was 11...
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  • being caught in a manhunt that ended his long crime spree. After Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston is charged with bigamy by marrying in her youth...
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    difficulty in resisting the claims to the proceeds of the rapacious Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston. Early in 1779 he bought the famous racer Highflyer...
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  • in the 1740s until his involvement in the controversy surrounding Elizabeth Chudleigh in 1774–76. The play premiered in London at the Hampstead Theatre...
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  • Dragon's Head (1973) The Incredible Duchess (1974); life and times of Elizabeth Chudleigh Call Back Yesterday (1975) Notorious Lady (1976); life and times...
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  • when his father, Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, died. His mother, Elizabeth Martin, was the sister and co-heiress of William Martin...
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    Hugh Clifford, 3rd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (14 April 1700- 26 March 1732) of Ugbrooke House near Chudleigh in Devon, was a peer. He was the son of...
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