Regency Women Who Inherited Real Property (Part 2)
Diane Morris | Saturday, December 29th, 2018 | Inheritance, Regency Women | No Comments
My previous blog provided short biographies of three women who inherited real property—by which I mean land, houses, farm buildings, and the like: Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu, Mrs. Elizabeth Doughty, and Mrs. Eleanor Frances Dixie Pochin. Here are short biographies of three other women who inherited real property: Mrs. Catherine Knight, Mrs. Amelia Heber, and and Laura Pulteney, […]
Read More »Mr. Darcy Was a Second-Class Citizen
Diane Morris | Sunday, August 10th, 2014 | Life & Times, Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice | 10 Comments
Fitzwilliam Darcy was the handsome, wealthy gentleman who fell in love with the sparkling Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth’s mother was confounded and amazed to hear that her daughter would marry a man of fortune, especially as she at first thought Darcy was “a most disagreeable, horrid man, not at all worth pleasing, […]
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