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New book reveals the lascivious life of Lady Melbourne - who had so many affairs that only [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | May 2, 2018 | Jo Tweedy

Posted on 05/02/2018 12:19:43 PM PDT by C19fan

An explosive new book promises to lift the lid on one of history's sauciest characters.

High society It girl Lady Melbourne rocked Georgian society with a string of lovers - including the Prince of Wales.

So salacious were the extra-marital affairs of Lady M, known as Elizabeth Lamb, that she had six children - including Queen Victoria's favourite prime minister Lord Melbourne - but only one was fathered by her husband, Sir Peniston Lamb.

Lady Melbourne's fourth son, George, who was born in 1784, was almost certainly sired by Prince George, the Prince of Wales, who later became George IV.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: georgian; itsgoodtobetheking
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Georgians behaving badly. Did people joke to Charles Lamb future Lord Melbourne and a young Queen Victoria's favorite Prime Minister, "Who's Your Daddy"?
1 posted on 05/02/2018 12:19:43 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan
"Sir Peniston Lamb."

=schoolboy chortling=

2 posted on 05/02/2018 12:21:26 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: C19fan

That’s nothing, ALL of Hillary’s children were fathered by someone other than her husband.


3 posted on 05/02/2018 12:22:45 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
"Sir Peniston Lamb.

"Wasn't that a John Holmes movie?

4 posted on 05/02/2018 12:23:31 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (Stawp the hammering!)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

“Wasn’t that a John Holmes movie?”

That was Sir Peniston Porkloin.

L


5 posted on 05/02/2018 12:24:52 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: C19fan
"... her husband, Sir Peniston Lamb."

Jeremy Clarkson and company have had great fun with his name...

6 posted on 05/02/2018 12:27:38 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: C19fan

Oops got the wrong Lamb it was William not Charles.


7 posted on 05/02/2018 12:28:26 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Forgotten Amendments; Lurker
It looks like I'm not the only one... ☺
8 posted on 05/02/2018 12:29:24 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: C19fan

Guess they had the budget for lots oil-painting selfies.


9 posted on 05/02/2018 12:29:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: kosciusko51

No doubt changed from the original Latin: Dongus Maximus.


10 posted on 05/02/2018 12:34:45 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: fieldmarshaldj

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elH6gBsXOhA


11 posted on 05/02/2018 12:38:53 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: Forgotten Amendments; Lurker

You can create your own porn screen-name by taking the name of your first pet, and adding it to the street you grew up on.

Mine would be Pepe Briarwood.


12 posted on 05/02/2018 12:40:37 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: PGR88

Robbie 6th Street?


13 posted on 05/02/2018 12:48:47 PM PDT by Rinnwald
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To: fieldmarshaldj

“Good girls go to Heaven, bad girls go everywhere!!!”


14 posted on 05/02/2018 12:49:52 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: All

So she was addicted to sin, hurt everyone around her, debased the culture, is now burning in hell. But let’s celebrate her ‘daring’ life.


15 posted on 05/02/2018 12:55:03 PM PDT by TheTimeOfMan (A time for peace and a time for war)
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To: PGR88

I’m not sure Dieter County Road 200 North would really work as a name, just saying.


16 posted on 05/02/2018 1:01:02 PM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: BenLurkin

“Guess they had the budget for lots oil-painting selfies”

Yup. These were VERY rich people.


17 posted on 05/02/2018 1:01:40 PM PDT by buwaya
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To: Rinnwald

Prolly would have done better living on 12th Street.


18 posted on 05/02/2018 1:02:00 PM PDT by Rinnwald
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To: rigelkentaurus

Hey, Willy Berner- not so bad!


19 posted on 05/02/2018 1:09:26 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: C19fan

Rich, entitled, famous ... and still a complete skank. The ‘lady’ was a tramp.


20 posted on 05/02/2018 1:11:41 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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