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| Richard Westall, Wanstead House |
The clipping from the Annual Register sent me off in 2NHG search of more, as you’d expect, and boy, did I find a story, straight out of melodrama: Young Heiress Ruined By Fortune-Hunting Scoundrel.
A site devoted to Wanstead House tells the story here.
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| Annual Register May 1823 |
Geraldine Roberts, who’s written a book about Catherine Tylney Long, The Angel and the Cad, outlines the heiress's story on her website, with many fine images, including the (rare) one of Catherine below.
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| William Pole-Tylney |
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| Catherine Tylney Long |
Clicking on the image will enlarge it. Clicking on the caption will take you to the source, where you can learn more and enlarge images as needed.
One of us -- 
1 comments:
Catherine might have been very young, but she wasn't stupid. So when a creep came along who was known to be a womaniser, gambler, debaucher, scoundrel and all-round villain came sleazing around, red flags should have been raised. Catherine's aunt, or a guardian or a local cleric could have said to disregard the charm and charisma, and run for the hills. And not just on financial grounds.
Sigh... were women always vulnerable to charm?
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