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See also:KINGSTON, See also:ELIZABETH, DUCHESS OF (1720-1788) , sometimes called countess of See also:Bristol, was the daughter of See also:Colonel See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Chudleigh (d. 1726), and was appointed maid of See also:honour to See also:Augusta, princess of See also:Wales, in 1743, probably through the See also:good offices of her friend, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Pulteney, See also:earl of See also:Bath. Being a very beautiful woman See also:Miss Chudleigh did not lack admirers, among whom were See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James, 6th See also:duke of See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton, and See also:Augustus See also:John See also:Hervey, afterwards 3rd earl of Bristol. Hamilton, how-ever, See also:left See also:England, and on the 4th of See also:August 1744 she was privately married to Hervey at Lainston, near See also:Winchester. Both See also:husband and wife being poor, their See also:union was kept See also:secret to enable Elizabeth to retain her See also:post at See also:court, while Hervey, who was a See also:naval officer, rejoined his See also:ship, returning to England towards the See also:close of 1746. The See also:marriage was a very unhappy one, and the pair soon ceased to live. together; but when it appeared probable that Hervey would succeed his See also:brother as earl
of Bristol, his wife took steps to obtain See also:- PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)
proof of her marriage. This did not, however, prevent her from becoming the See also:mistress of See also:Evelyn See also:Pierrepont, 2nd duke of Kingston, and she was not only a very prominent figure in See also:London society, but in 1765 in See also:Berlin she was honoured by the attentions of See also:Frederick the See also:Great. By this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time Hervey wished for a See also:divorce from his wife; but Elizabeth, although equally anxious to be See also:free, was unwilling to See also:face the publicity attendant upon this step. However she began a suit of See also:jactitation against Hervey. This See also:case was doubt-less collusive, and after Elizabeth had sworn she was unmarried, he court in See also:February 1769 pronounced her a spinster. Within a See also:month she married Kingston, who died four years later, leaving her all his See also:property on See also:condition that she remained a widow. Visiting See also:Rome the duchess was received with honour by See also:Clement XIV.; after which she hurried back to England to defend herself from a See also:charge of See also:bigamy, which had been preferred against her by Kingston's See also:nephew, Evelyn Meadows (d. 1826). The See also:house of Lords in 1776 found her guilty, and retaining her See also:fortune she hurriedly left England to avoid further proceedings on the See also:part of the Meadows See also:family, who had a reversionary See also:interest in the Kingston estates. She lived for a time in See also:Calais, and then repaired to St See also:Petersburg, near which See also:city she bought an See also:estate which she named " Chudleigh." Afterwards she resided in See also:Paris, Rome, and elsewhere, and died in Paris on the 26th of August 1788. The duchess was a coarse and licentious woman, and was ridiculed as Kitty See also:Crocodile by the comedian See also:Samuel See also:Foote in a See also:play A Trip to Calais, which, however, he was not allowed to produce. She is said to have been the See also:original of See also:Thackeray's characters, See also:Beatrice and Baroness See also:Bernstein.
There is an See also:account of the duchess in J. H. See also:Jesse's See also:Memoirs of the Court of England 1688-176o, vol. iv. (1901).
End of Article: KINGSTON, ELIZABETH, DUCHESS OF (1720-1788)
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