Her first husband, the American golfer and stockbroker Charles Sweeny, said of her: ‘Of all the attractive girls in England in the early Thirties, one was the undisputed belle of the ball.’
Муженёк ей достался мерзкий: "Ian Argyll, an alcoholic with a streak of sadism in his character, had to wait until the death of his cousin Niall, the 10th Duke, to become Clan Chieftan of the Campbells, one of the most brutal, violent and rapacious families in Scottish history, and the heir to nine centuries of bloody clan warfare, murder, treachery, pillage, rape, and the ruthless acquisition of land and money. His ancestors, many of them wife-beaters, had made a practice of marrying heiresses. And Ian Argyll himself once said: ‘I only marry rich women.’ All four of his wives were wealthy. He took his first wife, the Hon Janet Aitken, daughter of the press baron Lord Beaverbrook, to a bordello on their honeymoon in 1927. She then discovered that he had pawned her jewellery to pay off debtors, and was beaten by him so badly that she was unable to open her eyes. They divorced after seven years together, having had one daughter. Argyll’s American second wife, Louise Clews, a banker’s daughter whom he married in 1935, was also a wealthy heiress. The marriage was not a happy one, either, although it did produce two sons and heirs. Louise would later claim that her husband had pillaged her trust funds, taking most of her money. She got her own back by taking other lovers, and they divorced in 1951. When it came to his beautiful third wife, Margaret, the warfare the Duke launched after her affairs emerged was as brutal as anything in the long and bloody history of the Clan Campbell. ... In May 1963, the Duke finally won his divorce action. The Catholic Scottish Judge, Lord Wheatley, in a devastating four-and-a-half-hour judgment, denounced the Duchess as ‘a completely promiscuous woman whose sexual appetite could only be satisfied by a number of men’. It seemed to many that her dazzling position in society was at an end. Yet ironically it was the victorious Duke who suffered most from the fallout from the scandal. However, his bruising experience with Margaret didn’t deter him from marriage. He married his fourth wife, the wealthy Mathilda Coster Mortimer, 22 years his junior, in 1963. Unlike Margaret, she was both scholarly and good. But the Duke’s divorce from Margaret had cost him dear and he and Mathilda fled into tax exile in Paris. He returned to Britain only when seriously ill in 1973, and he died a lonely death in an NHS hospital."
Мерзкий муж как толчок к поднятию планки собственной самооценки - это тоже неплохой психологический инструмент. Многие ведь после такого замужества просто ломаются. Да и время было не очень благосклонное к женщинам. В общем, молодец герцогиня!)))
Затрудняюсь выделить "время, благосклонное к женщинам" в принципе :) Герцогиня, хотя и не принадлежит к числу моих любимиц, явно выделяется в общем ряду своих современниц. В этом я с Вами полностью соглашусь! )))
Ой, да бросьте! Еврейскую дворняжку удачно пристроили... да еще и умалишённую (беременность в 15 лет в то время - явный признак нимфомании). Посмотрите: она гуляла направо-налево, а никому из родни и в голову не пришло отправить ее на принудительное лечение, ее беременности никого не волновали, ибо бросовый материал производила... В элитарном обществе должны быть свои простигосподи для внутреннего пользования. Благо, на них не надо тратить деньги и они не будут собирать компромат на своих клиентов. Это на нее собрали... И муж под благовидным предлогом выкинул из дома.
Муженёк ей достался мерзкий:
"Ian Argyll, an alcoholic with a streak of sadism in his character, had to wait until the death of his cousin Niall, the 10th Duke, to become Clan Chieftan of the Campbells, one of the most brutal, violent and rapacious families in Scottish history, and the heir to nine centuries of bloody clan warfare, murder, treachery, pillage, rape, and the ruthless acquisition of land and money.
His ancestors, many of them wife-beaters, had made a practice of marrying heiresses. And Ian Argyll himself once said: ‘I only marry rich women.’ All four of his wives were wealthy.
He took his first wife, the Hon Janet Aitken, daughter of the press baron Lord Beaverbrook, to a bordello on their honeymoon in 1927. She then discovered that he had pawned her jewellery to pay off debtors, and was beaten by him so badly that she was unable to open her eyes.
They divorced after seven years together, having had one daughter.
Argyll’s American second wife, Louise Clews, a banker’s daughter whom he married in 1935, was also a wealthy heiress. The marriage was not a happy one, either, although it did produce two sons and heirs. Louise would later claim that her husband had pillaged her trust funds, taking most of her money. She got her own back by taking other lovers, and they divorced in 1951.
When it came to his beautiful third wife, Margaret, the warfare the Duke launched after her affairs emerged was as brutal as anything in the long and bloody history of the Clan Campbell.
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In May 1963, the Duke finally won his divorce action. The Catholic Scottish Judge, Lord Wheatley, in a devastating four-and-a-half-hour judgment, denounced the Duchess as ‘a completely promiscuous woman whose sexual appetite could only be satisfied by a number of men’.
It seemed to many that her dazzling position in society was at an end. Yet ironically it was the victorious Duke who suffered most from the fallout from the scandal.
However, his bruising experience with Margaret didn’t deter him from marriage. He married his fourth wife, the wealthy Mathilda Coster Mortimer, 22 years his junior, in 1963. Unlike Margaret, she was both scholarly and good. But the Duke’s divorce from Margaret had cost him dear and he and Mathilda fled into tax exile in Paris. He returned to Britain only when seriously ill in 1973, and he died a lonely death in an NHS hospital."
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Многие ведь после такого замужества просто ломаются. Да и время было не очень благосклонное к женщинам.
В общем, молодец герцогиня!)))
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Герцогиня, хотя и не принадлежит к числу моих любимиц, явно выделяется в общем ряду своих современниц.
В этом я с Вами полностью соглашусь! )))
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