Lady Archibald Hamilton, first name Jane: Wiki says she was his mistress, though Wiki appears to have Hervey as a source on this. However, wiki also tells me she was the mother of none other than Sir William Hamilton, later to first shock everyone by marrying Emma and then by being in a menage a trois with her and Nelson. Perhaps Sir William learned unconventional attitudes towards domestic arrangements from his parents?
Man this guy does have a spiteful and hilarious way of phrasing things!
Doesn't he just? Which is why I find it, in retrospect, really remarkable Franz Stephan got praised as he did by the super critical Hervey when visiting Britain. (I mean, Hervey's also extremely complimentary about the Fox brothers and Algarotti, but he was in love with each of these at different times, and wasn't, as far as anyone knows, in love with Franz Stephan.)
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Re: Hervey's Memoirs: Those Germans!
Date: 2020-09-20 03:40 pm (UTC)Man this guy does have a spiteful and hilarious way of phrasing things!
Doesn't he just? Which is why I find it, in retrospect, really remarkable Franz Stephan got praised as he did by the super critical Hervey when visiting Britain. (I mean, Hervey's also extremely complimentary about the Fox brothers and Algarotti, but he was in love with each of these at different times, and wasn't, as far as anyone knows, in love with Franz Stephan.)