Sir Charles Mordaunt, 10th Baronet (28 April 1836 – 15 October 1897), was a wealthy English country gentleman, a Conservative Member of Parliament for South Warwickshire (1859–1868) and High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1879. He became notorious for involving H.R.H. The Prince Albert Edward, The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), in his divorce case. Sir Charles was married on 7 December 1866 to Harriet Sarah Moncreiffe (7 February 1848 – 9 May 1906), daughter of a Scottish baronet.

PropertyValue
dbpedia-owl:abstract
  • Sir Charles Mordaunt, 10th Baronet (28 April 1836 – 15 October 1897), was a wealthy English country gentleman, a Conservative Member of Parliament for South Warwickshire (1859–1868) and High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1879. He became notorious for involving H.R.H. The Prince Albert Edward, The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), in his divorce case. Sir Charles was married on 7 December 1866 to Harriet Sarah Moncreiffe (7 February 1848 – 9 May 1906), daughter of a Scottish baronet. Sir Charles was a stolid country squire with no interests beyond hunting and shooting, and Harriet was a giddy young beauty. She had already caught the eye of the Prince. Harriet had license, or thought she did, to carry on affairs with other men. While Sir Charles killed foxes, deer, grouse, and salmon, or sat in Parliament, Harriet entertained numerous lovers, including the Prince and several of his aristocratic friends. In 1869, Harriet gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, and then confessed everything to Sir Charles, who was enraged. His offended servants had compiled diaries of the affairs. He sued for divorce. The historical record shows that The Prince of Wales was never named as a co-respondent in the divorce case, but Mordaunt threatened to do so. Harriet's father, who had several other daughters to marry off, announced that she was mad. That would prevent a divorce trial and save the family reputation. She was incarcerated in various rented houses, and after some weeks either broke down or agreed to feign madness: smashing plates, eating coal, howling and crawling. The case was brought to court and The Prince of Wales was called as a witness, he admitted visiting Lady Mordaunt but nothing further was proved. In 1875, Sir Charles sued again. Viscount Cole (father of Harriet's child) pleaded guilty to adultery with her, so Sir Charles got his divorce. Harriet was kept in asylums for the rest of her life. However, her daughter Violet married the future Marquess of Bath. Sir Charles married again, on 24 April 1878, to Mary Louisa Cholmondeley, a 16-year-old parson's daughter.
dbpedia-owl:wikiPageExternalLink
dbpprop:after
dbpprop:before
dbpprop:dateOfBirth
  • 28 (xsd:integer)
dbpprop:dateOfDeath
  • 15 (xsd:integer)
dbpprop:hasPhotoCollection
dbpprop:name
  • Mordaunt, Charles
dbpprop:shortDescription
  • British politician
dbpprop:title
dbpprop:wikiPageUsesTemplate
dbpprop:with
  • Evelyn Philip Shirley to 1865
  • Henry Christopher Wise from 1865
dbpprop:years
  • 1845 (xsd:integer)
  • 1859 (xsd:integer)
dcterms:subject
rdf:type
rdfs:comment
  • Sir Charles Mordaunt, 10th Baronet (28 April 1836 – 15 October 1897), was a wealthy English country gentleman, a Conservative Member of Parliament for South Warwickshire (1859–1868) and High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1879. He became notorious for involving H.R.H. The Prince Albert Edward, The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), in his divorce case. Sir Charles was married on 7 December 1866 to Harriet Sarah Moncreiffe (7 February 1848 – 9 May 1906), daughter of a Scottish baronet.
rdfs:label
  • Sir Charles Mordaunt, 10th Baronet
owl:sameAs
http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasDerivedFrom
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf
is dbpedia-owl:wikiPageDisambiguates of
is dbpedia-owl:wikiPageRedirects of
is dbpprop:after of
is dbpprop:before of
is owl:sameAs of
is foaf:primaryTopic of