1579. Unknown Painter. Portrait of Jane Elizabeth Scott Countess of Oxford and Mortimer.
In 1774 Jane Elizabeth Scott Countess of Oxford and Mortimer was born to Reverend James Scott of Itchen Stoke in Hampshire.
On 11th October 1790 Edward Harley 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortomer [aged 64] died at Brampton Bryan Hall without issue. His nephew [her future husband] Edward [aged 17] succeeded 5th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.
On 3rd March 1794 Edward Harley 5th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 21] and Jane Elizabeth Scott Countess of Oxford and Mortimer [aged 20] were married. Her She by marriage Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer. Her father Reverend James Scott of Itchen Stoke in Hampshire performed the service. The children of the marriage were known as the 'Harleian Miscellany' due to the uncertainty as to who their father, or fathers, might be given the number of lovers she took during the marriage. He the son of Bishop John Harley.
After 3rd March 1794 Francis Burdett 5th Baronet [aged 24] and Jane Elizabeth Scott Countess of Oxford and Mortimer [aged 20] engaged in a relationship.
In 1798 John Hoppner [aged 39]. Portrait of Jane Elizabeth Scott Countess of Oxford and Mortimer [aged 24].
On 10th January 1809 [her son] Alfred Harley 6th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer was born to [her husband] Edward Harley 5th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 35] and Jane Elizabeth Scott Countess of Oxford and Mortimer [aged 35]. He married 17th February 1831 Eliza Nugent Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, daughter of George Nugent 1st Marquess Westmeath.
Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville. To Lady G. Morpeth [aged 26]. London. 1810.
I went to Devonshire House last night and found the remains of a very dull dinner. Bessboroughs1, W. Spencers2, Lord John Townshend [aged 52]3, and Mr. Chinnery. Lord John and Mr. Spencer whispering in a corner of the room, Mrs. Spencer acting nine years old with great success, and Mr. Chinnery faisant les frais4 with the rest of us. "We dine there to-day, with probably a second edition of yesterday. Je ne m'en fais pas une fete5, but we thought it right the last day.
Miss Berry6 was with me yesterday, looking wretchedly ill and talking in the' most melancholy way of her own existence and prospects.
Lady Oxford [aged 36] and Caroline William Lamb [aged 24]7 have been engaged in a correspondence, the subject whether learning Greek purifies or inflames the passions. Caro. seems to have more faith in theory than in practice, to judge at least by those she consults as to these nice points of morality. The letter she repeats as having received from Lady Oxford is almost too good to be true. After a great many maxims and instances, she ends, ' All the illiterate women of Athens were bad, but what does my sweet friend think of her virtuous Aspasia?'
I have been to try and make Granville get up, and to quarrel with him for saying he will not go to-morrow if it rains. God bless you, my dearest sister.
Note 1. Lord [aged 51] and Lady Bessborough [aged 48]. She was daughter of the first Lord Spencer and aunt to Lady Granville.
Note 2. He was a relation of Lord Spencer and well known for his clever society verses.
Note 3. He was the son of the first Marquis of Townshend and father of the fourth Marquis [aged 11].
Note 4. "Bearing the cost", "Covering the expenses", "Taking responsibility for", or "Paying the price" (figuratively).
Note 5. "I'm not looking forward to it.", "I'm not excited about it.", "I'm not thrilled about it." or "I don't expect it to be fun."
Note 6. She and her sister Miss Agnes were in their early youth intimate friends of Horace Walpole. He expressed his fear that, being so delicate, they would not live long, but both of them survived him fifty-five years. Miss Berry told her maid, who is still living, that Horace "Walpole said he had offered his hand and heart to her, and his hand and coronet to her sister. Their salon in London was considered very agreeable and was attended by the best society. Some ill-natured person nicknamed them Blackberry and Gooseberry. Lady Theresa Lewis wrote an interesting life of the elder sister.
Note 7. She was a daughter of Lady Bessborough, Lady Granville's aunt. She entertained a violent passion for Lord Byron, but her conduct was so eccentric that she could hardly have been in her right mind. She married Mr. William Lamb, who became Lord Melbourne, the Prime Minister.
From 1812 Jane Elizabeth Scott Countess of Oxford and Mortimer [aged 38] and George "Lord Byron" 6th Baron Byron [aged 23] had an affair.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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In 1824 Jane Elizabeth Scott Countess of Oxford and Mortimer [aged 50] died.
On 28th December 1848 [her former husband] Edward Harley 5th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 75] died. His son Alfred [aged 39] succeeded 6th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. Eliza Nugent Countess of Oxford and Mortimer [aged 42] by marriage Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer.
[her daughter] Jane Elizabeth Harley Baroness Langdale was born to Edward Harley 5th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer and Jane Elizabeth Scott Countess of Oxford and Mortimer. She married 17th August 1835 Henry Bickersteth 1st Baron Langdale.
[her daughter] Frances Harley was born to Edward Harley 5th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer and Jane Elizabeth Scott Countess of Oxford and Mortimer. She married 20th April 1835 Henry Vernon-Harcourt, son of Archbishop Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt and Anne Leveson-Gower.