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.
Sources/Further Reading
Rubenhold, Hallie: The Scandalous Lady W - An Eighteenth Century Tale of Sex, Scandal and Divorce
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Fleming
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Richard_Worsley,_7th_Baronet
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. https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-trial-with-the-whol_bisset-maurice-george_1782/mode/2up
An epistle from L-y W-y to S-r R-d W-y, Bart. 1782
Memoirs of Sir Finical Whimsy and his lady. Interspersed with a variety of authentic anecdotes and characters 1782
https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_memoirs-of-sir-finical-w_1782/page/n21/mode/2up
Kinchin-Smith, Sam: Lady Worsleys scandalous story
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/blog/blog-posts/lady-worsley/
Women’s history Network: Seymour Dorothy Fleming
https://womenshistorynetwork.org/seymour-dorothy-fleming-1757-1818-part-1/
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