Memoirs of Mrs Fitzherbert: With an Account of her Marriage with H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Afterwards King George IV

Charles Langdale

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139862981

Maria Fitzherbert (1756–1837) was already twice widowed when the young Prince of Wales began his pursuit of her in 1784. Initially refusing his offer of marriage, she eventually accepted it and the couple were wed in secret the following year. Though legitimate in her eyes, the union was invalid under the Royal Marriages Act of 1772, and controversial because of her Catholicism. A posthumous attack on her faith and morals, penned by Lord Holland in his Memoirs of the Whig Party, provoked her close friend Charles Langdale (1787–1868) into publishing this defence in 1856. A champion of Catholic emancipation, Langdale was one of the first Catholics elected to Parliament. These memoirs are based on Maria Fitzherbert's own recollections, recounted to Langdale's brother, Lord Stourton. They reveal the values and beliefs of an exceptional woman who occupied a unique and precarious position within British high society.

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Dedication
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MEMOIRS OF MRS. FITZHERBERT
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DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN RELATION TO THE CONNECTION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES WITH MRS. FITZHERBERT
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MR. MOORE'S ACCOUNT OF THE DISCUSSION IN PARLIAMENT WITH RELATION TO THE CONNECTION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES AND MRS. FITZHERBERT
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SIR W. WRAXALL'S ACCOUNT OF THESE TRANSACTIONS IN HIS “POSTHUMOUS MEMOIRS OF HIS OWN TIME”
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Memoirs of Mrs Fitzherbert

With an Account of her Marriage with H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Afterwards King George IV

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Frontmatter
pp 1-4

Dedication
pp 5-8

MEMOIRS OF MRS. FITZHERBERT
pp 9-176

DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN RELATION TO THE CONNECTION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES WITH MRS. FITZHERBERT
pp 177-187

MR. MOORE'S ACCOUNT OF THE DISCUSSION IN PARLIAMENT WITH RELATION TO THE CONNECTION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES AND MRS. FITZHERBERT
pp 188-193

SIR W. WRAXALL'S ACCOUNT OF THESE TRANSACTIONS IN HIS “POSTHUMOUS MEMOIRS OF HIS OWN TIME”
pp 194-202

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Frontmatter pp 1-4

Dedication pp 5-8

MEMOIRS OF MRS. FITZHERBERT pp 9-176

DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN RELATION TO THE CONNECTION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES WITH MRS. FITZHERBERT pp 177-187

MR. MOORE'S ACCOUNT OF THE DISCUSSION IN PARLIAMENT WITH RELATION TO THE CONNECTION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES AND MRS. FITZHERBERT pp 188-193

SIR W. WRAXALL'S ACCOUNT OF THESE TRANSACTIONS IN HIS “POSTHUMOUS MEMOIRS OF HIS OWN TIME” pp 194-202

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Frontmatter
pp 1-4

Dedication
pp 5-8

MEMOIRS OF MRS. FITZHERBERT
pp 9-176

DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN RELATION TO THE CONNECTION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES WITH MRS. FITZHERBERT
pp 177-187

MR. MOORE'S ACCOUNT OF THE DISCUSSION IN PARLIAMENT WITH RELATION TO THE CONNECTION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES AND MRS. FITZHERBERT
pp 188-193

SIR W. WRAXALL'S ACCOUNT OF THESE TRANSACTIONS IN HIS “POSTHUMOUS MEMOIRS OF HIS OWN TIME”
pp 194-202