Sir Charles Mordaunt, 10th Baronet
Sir Charles Mordaunt, 10th Baronet[1] (28 April 1836 – 15 October 1897) was a wealthy English country gentleman, a Conservative Member of Parliament for South Warwickshire (1859–1868) and High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1879.
He became notorious for involving the future
Campaign against agricultural unionisation
Mordaunt was an active campaigner against the
Marriage, scandal and divorce
Mordaunt was married on 7 December 1866 to
In 1869, Lady Mordaunt gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, Violet, and then confessed everything to her husband, who was enraged. His offended servants had compiled diaries of the affairs. He sued for divorce. The historical record shows that the Prince of Wales was never named as a co-respondent in the divorce case, but Mordaunt threatened to do so.[3] Lady Mordaunt's father, who had several other daughters to marry off, announced that she was mad. That would prevent a divorce trial and save the family reputation. She was incarcerated in various rented houses and after some weeks either broke down or agreed to feign madness: smashing plates, eating coal, howling and crawling. The case was brought to court and the Prince of Wales was called as a witness; he admitted visiting Lady Mordaunt but nothing further was proved.[4]
In 1875 Mordaunt sued again.
Second marriage
In his early forties, Mordaunt married again, on 24 April 1878, to Mary Louisa Cholmondeley (1851-1947), a parson's daughter.[6]
Notes
- ^ Lundy, Darryl. "thePeerage.com – Person Page 2411". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
- ^ Hampshire Advertiser, 27 March 1872 p.4.
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- ^ Lundy, Darryl. "thePeerage.com – Person Page 1197". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
References
- Hamilton, Elizabeth (1999), The Warwickshire Scandal[full citation needed]
- Cokayne, G.E.; et al. (2000), The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant (reprint ed.)
