{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6761256ff444544373f2f68a/6875d659610560d3ef63a2ef?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Seymour, Lady Worsley (minisode)","description":"<p>Seymour, Lady Worsley, was the subject of one of the bigger scandals in Georgian Britain. Born as a wealthy heiress, she married a baronet and entered London high society. Her dream of a romantic marriage was soon quashed, and with an indifferent husband whose mind was more on politics than love, she looked elsewhere for affection. Soon, she was faced with a stark choice - remain in an unhappy marriage, or throw it all away for love.</p><p><br></p><p>Sources/Further Reading</p><p>Rubenhold, Hallie: The Scandalous Lady W - An Eighteenth Century Tale of Sex, Scandal and Divorce</p><p>Wikipedia <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Fleming\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Fleming</a></p><p>Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Richard_Worsley,_7th_Baronet</p><p>The trial, with the whole of the evidence, between the Right Hon. Sir Richard Worsley and George Maurice Bissett, esq. defendant, for criminal conversation with the Plaintiffs Wife 1782.&nbsp;<a href=\"https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-trial-with-the-whol_bisset-maurice-george_1782/mode/2up\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-trial-with-the-whol_bisset-maurice-george_1782/mode/2up</a></p><p>&nbsp;An epistle from L-y W-y to S-r R-d W-y, Bart. 1782</p><p><a href=\"https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_an-epistle-from-l-y-w-y-_worsley-seymour-dorothy_1782/page/n1/mode/2up\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_an-epistle-from-l-y-w-y-_worsley-seymour-dorothy_1782/page/n1/mode/2up</a></p><p>Memoirs of Sir Finical Whimsy and his lady. Interspersed with a variety of authentic anecdotes and characters 1782</p><p><a href=\"https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_memoirs-of-sir-finical-w_1782/page/n21/mode/2up\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_memoirs-of-sir-finical-w_1782/page/n21/mode/2up</a></p><p><em>Kinchin-Smith, Sam: Lady Worsleys scandalous story</em></p><p><a href=\"https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/blog/blog-posts/lady-worsley/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/blog/blog-posts/lady-worsley/</a></p><p><em>Women’s history Network: Seymour Dorothy Fleming</em></p><p><a href=\"https://womenshistorynetwork.org/seymour-dorothy-fleming-1757-1818-part-1/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://womenshistorynetwork.org/seymour-dorothy-fleming-1757-1818-part-1/</a><em>&nbsp;</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Amanda Paterson"}