., vol. ii. p. 249) writes,
"To the Devizes ball in the evening; Lady Frances W. there; introduced to her, and had much conversation, chiefly about our friend Lord B. Several of those beautiful things, published (if I remember right) with the Bride, were addressed to her. She must have been very pretty when she had more of the freshness of youth, though she is still but five or six and twenty; but she looks faded already" (1819).
In the Court of Common Pleas, February 16, 1816, the libel action of
Webster v. Baldwin
was heard. The plaintiff obtained £2000 in damages for a libel charging Lady Frances and the Duke of Wellington with adultery.
[cross-reference: return to Footnote 1 of Letter 218]
[cross-reference: return to Footnote 12 of Journal entry for November 17th, 1813]
On his return to London in July, 1811, Byron ordered a