James Annesley

The Dublin jury found for the claimant James Annesley , cousin of Dorothea Annesley (later DDB ), in his case about titles, including the earldom of Anglesey, which had been unlawfully appropriated by her father

In a postscript to his inheritance case, DDB 's father was convicted of assault against the successful claimant, James Annesley , whom he had previously kidnapped.

DDB 's father had already eliminated the potential rival claimant to both the Altham and the Anglesey titles, James Annesley , by selling him into indentures in America. James spent thirteen years in what amounted...

Her father, Captain Charles Granville Wheler , was a great-nephew of Sir George Wheler , a traveller, clergyman, scholar, and early member of the Royal Society , who had a family estate in Kent. (...

The fourth Lord Altham died; his title went to a cousin, who as Lord Altham was to become DDB 's father , and who had cleared his way to the title by having his predecessor's...

DDB 's father , known as Earl of Anglesey, allegedly made plans for decamping to France following the arrival in England of James Annesley , whose titles he had appropriated.

The anonymous Memoirs of an Unfortunate Young Nobleman appeared; it was first ascribed to EH by her bibliographer Patrick Spedding . Dealing with the notorious Annesley case, it became one of her great hits.

The title continues, Occasion'd by a certain nobleman 's cruel usage of his nephew . Done extempore. Five hundred copies were printed by Henry Woodfall in January 1744, and sold to the author for £1...