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Chudleigh

• References:
  • PIERREPONT in [Burkes Extinct]

• Sources yet to be consulted:
  • Elizabeth: The Scandalous Life of the Duchess of Kingston, Claire Gervat, 2003.

Elizabeth Chudleigh (and here), born 1720,
maid of honour to Augusta, princess of Wales (see here),
married secretly 1744 to Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol [born 1724] and had issue,
separated after a short time,
she kept her marriage secret and stayed at court,

by 1760 she was the mistress of the (unmarried) Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull [also here, born 1711],
her parties were the most fashionable in London,
in 1768 Hervey asked her for a divorce, to avoid scandal she wanted to declare that the marriage had never taken place, which declaration she got from court 1769,
she then married Pierrepont 1769, but the case was not over, see below,
Pierrepont died 1773, age 62 yrs, leaving her all his property.
See his entry in [DNB].

After Pierrepont's death, his relatives (who were interested in his property) reopened the case of his marriage,
they got Elizabeth prosecuted for bigamy by the House of Lords, even though husband now dead,
convicted of bigamy 1776, she fled to France,
died Paris, 1788, age 68 yrs.
See her entry in [DNB].