Trials of the King of Hampshire : madness, secrecy and betrayal in Georgian England / Elizabeth Foyster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foyster, Elizabeth A., 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portsmouth, John Charles Wallop, Earl of, 1767-1853--Trials, litigation, etc.

Portsmouth, John Charles Wallop.

Portsmouth, John Charles Wallop, Earl of, 1767-1853--Mental health.

Portsmouth, John Charles Wallop, Earl of, 1767-1853.

Insanity (Law)--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Insanity (Law).

Trials--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Trials.

Nobility--Great Britain--Biography.

Nobility.

Mentally ill.

History.

Mental illness.

Mental health.

Great Britain.

Mentally ill--Great Britain--Biography.

Mental illness--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Mentally ill--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Great Britain--History--1800-1837.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), genealogical tables, portraits ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London, England : Oneworld, 2016.

Summary:

The 3rd Earl of Portsmouth voted in the House of Lords, took county positions, invited Jane Austen to his balls, counted William Cobbett as one of his Hampshire neighbors and had Lord Byron as his best man at his second marriage. Then, at the age of fifty-five, his own family launched a case citing him as a danger not only to the peerage but to himself. Historian Elizabeth Foyster invites us into the jury box for the lengthiest, most expensive and vastly controversial lunacy commission ever heard, including accusations of abductions, sodomy, blackmail and domestic violence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-324) and index.

ISBN:

9781780749600

1780749600

OCLC:

959268974