Evelyn Pierrepont first Duke of Kingston

Lady Mary's father, Evelyn Pierrepont , was a youngest son, an able, forceful, libertine man who became an earl during her infancy, when the second of his elder brothers died. On 10 August 1715 he...

LMWM 's lifelong diary was burned in two instalments. When she eloped she left the early portion behind, and her sister burned it lest it should fall into her father 's hands. Just before she...