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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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To: PGR88

Rusty 13th.
Ehh...that’s not gonna work.


41 posted on 05/02/2018 5:17:28 PM PDT by hoagy62 (America Supreme!)
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To: seowulf; PGR88

My p0rn name is Happy Horseshoe!


42 posted on 05/03/2018 6:47:38 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Idiocracy is here, and it votes democrat.)
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To: PGR88

Tara Upland. Sounds lightly pornish...


43 posted on 05/03/2018 10:16:51 AM PDT by ladyrustic
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To: C19fan

It’s probably apocryphal but supposedly Byron’s shortest known poem goes, “Lady Caroline Lamb. God damn.”


44 posted on 05/03/2018 10:21:57 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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