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About Harriette Wilson (Rochfort)
Harriett Wilson (Dubochet)
Father was a Swiss Clock Maker in Mayfair, London of Swiss Nationality who took the name Wilson in 1801. Her parents had 15 children.
Lovers included:
- William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven commenced relations at age 15
- Prince of Wales later George IV (promised her £20,000 and did not pay)
- Lord Chancellor
- Four future Prime Ministers of England (including Charles James Fox, Palmerston, Wellington)
- Settled down with [George William Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll] for a time, until he left to live in Scotland. Known as the Marquis of Lorne before he became Duke, he later moved on to her sister Amy, who bore him a son
- Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
- Deeply loved Lord John Ponsonby but he became intrigued by her 14 year old sister Sophia
- She underwent a non-legally-binding Fleet prison marriage to Rochfort who was living under the prison rules for debt at the time. The couple later separated.
Harriette was a writer:
See: The Courtesan's Revenge: Harriette Wilson, the Woman who Blackmailed the King Review
- Memoirs
- Paris Lions & London Tigers
- Clara Gazul
REF :
Read the "scathing" Obituary printed about her in South Australia, Australia
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Harriette Wilson (Rochfort)'s Timeline
1786 |
February 22, 1786
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Mayfair, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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1845 |
March 10, 1845
Age 59
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Chelsea, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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Brompton Cemetery, Plot 1411, London
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