General Note
Engländerin, Heirat 1744 mit Augustus John Hervey, späterem Earl of Bristol, und 1769 mit Evelyn (!) Pierrepoint, 2. Herzog von Kingston
Not a writer. Born Chudleigh. Mar. (1) Augustus John Hervey, who in 1775 became 6th Earl of Bristol; 1769 legally separated but not divorced; (2, bigamously, in 1769) Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston[-upon-Hull]; 1776 convicted of bigamy and fled; always known as the Duchess of Kingston.
Courtisane bigame. Note de regroupement par domaine: Histoire de l'Europe (940).
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Further Biographical Data1720-1788
Primary Language(s)English
ActivityAuthor
Sachlich nicht klassifizierbare Personen (00p) (sswd)
Geographic NoteGB (iso3166)
Great Britain
NationalityBritish
Names
HeadingChudleigh, Elizabeth
Hervey, Elizabeth, Countess of Bristol, calling herself Duchess of Kingston
used in: British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - GK Heading, London (United Kingdom)
Kingston, Elizabeth Hervey, Duchess of
used in: British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom)
Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany)
Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, comtesse de
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Later NameHervey, Elizabeth, comtesse de Bristol
Nom de femme mariée
Kingston upon Hull, Elizabeth Pierrepont, duchesse de
Nom de femme mariée
Variant NameBristol, Elizabeth Hervey, Countess of
Chudleigh, Elizabeth
Hervey, Elizabeth
Hervey, Elizabeth, Countess of Bristol
Hervey, Elizabeth, Duchess of Kingston
Kingston, Elizabeth Chudleigh
Chudleigh, Elizabeth, comtesse de Bristol
Sources
Found inGK55. — Not found in DNB nor NUC. — LoC-NA, Dict. nat. biogr.. — DNB : Chudleigh, Elizabeth [married names Elizabeth Hervey, countess of Bristol ; Elizabeth Pierrepont, duchess of Kingston upon Hull]. — The production of a female pen : Anna Larpent's account of the Duchess of Kingston's bigamy trial of 1776 : a facsimile edition / transcribed and with introd. by Matthew J. Kinservik, 2004
Imprint SourcesHervey, Elizabeth: Anekdoten der Herzoginn von Kingston, jetzigen Gräfinn von Bristol, un*. - 1777
Les avantures trop-amoureuses, ou Elisabeth Chudleigh ... et la Marquise de la Touche s*. - 1776
The trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for bigamy, 1776 tp