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Leaves from the Note-Books of Lady Dorothy Nevill
Lady Dorothy Fanny Nevill (1 April 1826 in London - 24 March 1913 in London), was an English writer, hostess, horticulturist and plant collector.She was one of five children of Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford and Mary Fawkener, daughter of William Augustus Fawkener, sometime envoy extraordinary at St Petersburg and close friend of Empress Catherine. She received no formal education, but was tutored by a governess in French, Greek, Italian and Latin.In 1847, she was embroiled in a scandal when caught in a summerhouse with a notorious rake, George Smythe MP, heir to a peerage. Smythe refused to marry her, and her parents' actions and statements destroyed her reputation. In 1847 she married a cousin twenty years her senior, one Reginald Henry Nevill (d. 1878), a grandson of the 1st Earl of Abergavenny and produced six children, only four of whom survived beyond childhood. She travelled extensively and cultivated a large circle of literary and artistic friends, with a sprinkling of politicians, including James McNeill Whistler, Richard Cobden, Joseph Chamberlain and Disraeli, whom she greatly admired. She was however, never received by Queen Victoria.
Leaves from the Note-Books of Lady Dorothy Nevill
"Leaves from the Notebooks of Lady Dorothy Nevill" is the second volume of five memoirs by the great English writer, hostess, horticulturist, and plant collector. Her society evenings attracted numerous intellectuals and artists of her time, including James McNeill Whistler, Richard Cobden, and Joseph Chamberlain, and her interest in exotic plants made her friends with Charles Darwin.
Leaves from the Note-Books of Lady Dorothy Nevill
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Leaves from the Note-Books of Lady Dorothy Nevill (Illustrated Edition)
Lady Dorothy Fanny Nevill (1826-1913) was an English writer, hostess, horticulturist and plant collector. The daughter of Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford, she received no formal education but was tutored by a governess in French, Italian, Greek and Latin. In 1846 she was embroiled in a scandal when caught in a summerhouse with notorious rake, George Smythe MP, heir to a peerage. Newspaper gossip alleged that he got her pregnant and then refused to marry her, and she was hastily married off to an elderly cousin, Reginald Henry Nevill, 20 years her senior. The couple had six children, four of whom survived beyond childhood. Following her marriage Lady Dorothy travelled extensively and cult...
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The Life and Letters of Lady Dorothy Nevill
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1919 Edition.
The Life and Letters of Lady Dorothy Nevill
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1919 Edition.
