She supposedly caught his eye during an April performance of All Mistaken, or The Mad Couple, especially in one scene in which, to escape a hugely fat suitor able to move only by rolling, she rolls across the stage herself, her feet toward the audience and her petticoats flying about. The remarkable life of Nell Gwynne, most famous of the many mistresses of 'the Merry Monarch', Charles II, a classic rags to riches story, began on 2 February 1650. In March 1687, Gwyn suffered a stroke that left her paralysed on one side. 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There, or in the bawdy house of one Madam Ross, Nell would spend at least some time. The circumstances of the child's life in Paris and the cause of his death are both unknown, one of the few clues being that he died "of a sore leg", which Beauclerk speculates could mean anything from an accident to poison. She was small, slender, and shapely, with a heart-shaped face, hazel eyes, and chestnut-brown hair. Much like the dispute over her date of birth, it is unclear when Gwyn began to perform professionally on the Restoration stage. On 21 December 1676, a warrant was passed for "a grant to Charles Beauclerc, the King's natural son, and to the heirs male of his body, of the dignities of Baron of Heddington, co. Oxford, and Earl of Burford in the same county, with remainder to his brother, James Beauclerc, and the heirs male of his body. She didn't want to become an aristocrat, she never wanted a title, so I imagine that it was the man himself that she was attracted to, rather than their relationship being political opportunism on her part. And, through her drawers the powerful charm descry'd. She only bore him two children: The elder was born in 1670, Charles Beauclerk, who was made Baron Heddington and Earl of Burford and, later, Duke of St. Albans. The notoriously temperamental Barbara Palmer (nee Villiers) Lady Castlemaine, had been Charles' mistress for many years, but their relationship was beginning to sour by the time he met Nell Gwynn. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. One way or another, Gwyn's father seems to have been out of the picture by the time of her childhood in Covent Garden, and her "dipsomaniac mother, [and] notorious sister", Rose, were left in a low situation. Here Mrs. Pierce tells me [] that Nelly and Beck Marshall, falling out the other day, the latter called the other my Lord Buckhurst's whore. During Gwyn's first years with Charles, there was little competition in the way of other mistresses: Barbara Palmer was on her way out, while others, such as Moll Davis, kept quietly away from the spotlight of public appearances or Whitehall. You need to login before you can save preferences. There are two stories about how the eldest of her two children by Charles was given the Earldom of Burford, both of which are unverifiable. She is also believed, by most Gwyn biographers, to have been "low-born". I suspect they loved each other. On 17 April 1694 her son Charles Beauclerk married Lady Diana de Vere, daughter and heiress of Aubrey de Vere, the last Earl of Oxford. Gwyn had two sons by King Charles: Charles Beauclerk (16701726) and James Beauclerk (16711680). Several anonymous satires from the time relate a tale of Gwyn, with the help of her friend Aphra Behn, slipping a powerful laxative into Davis's tea-time cakes before an evening when she was expected in the King's bed. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. (Beauclerk, p. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. By mid-1668, Gwyn's affair with the King was well-known, though there was little reason to believe it would last for long. In 1676, Gwyn was granted the freehold of the property, which remained in her family until 1693; as of 1960 the property was still the only one on the south side of Pall Mall not owned by the Crown. Nell Gwyn remains one of England's great folk-heroines. The new theatres were the first in England to feature actresses; earlier, women's parts had been played by boys or men. Elizabeth Gwyn. Nell gave birth to her first son, Charles Beauclerk, on 8 May 1670. She had two sons by the King, and the elder, Charles Beauclerk, was created Duke of St Albans. The anecdote turns charming if perhaps apocryphal at this point: the King, after supper, discovered that he had no money on him; nor did his brother, and Gwyn had to foot the bill. The favourite mistress of King Charles II, Gwynn started out as a prostitute, giving that up to flog oranges in theatres, which got her a break on the stage at a time when female actresses were a completely novel idea. This has sparked some confusion. Sitter associated with 30 portraitsEleanor Gywn, or 'Pretty witty Nell', as Pepys called her, came to London as an orange-seller, and rose to become one of the leading comic actresses of the day, and mistress to the King, Charles II. He saw her roll the stage from side to side WebFamous quotes containing the words nell gwyn, descendants of, child, descendants and/or england: Shall the dog lie where the deer once crouched? Beauclerk died at Bath two days after his 56th birthday and is buried in Westminster Abbey. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 257. Gwyn was attending a performance of George Etherege's She Wou'd if She Cou'd at the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields. Her childhood occupations have been variously described as bawdyhouse servant, a street hawker of herring, oysters, or turnips, and cinder-girl. Spotted an error, information that is missing (a sitters life dates, occupation or family relationships, or a date of portrait for example) or do you know anything that we don't know? Sat 27 Oct 1900 - The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. A second son, James Beauclerk was born in 1671, but died at a boarding school in Paris in 1680, the circumstances of his life in Paris and the cause of his death are both unknown, one of the few clues being that he died "of a sore leg". Downing Street said that the earl, a direct descendant of the illegitimate offspring of Charles II and Nell Gwyn, gave Tony Blair all the proof he needed that the peers were ripe for the axe. Click on current line of text for options. In the next box was the King, who from accounts was more interested in flirting with Gwyn than watching the play. In one instance, recorded in a letter from George Legge to Lord Preston, Gwyn characteristically jabbed at the Duchess's "great lineage," dressing in black at Court, the same mourning attire as Louise when a prince of France died. From across the sea, an art revolution is coming. We speak to playwright Jessica Swale about the actress Nell Gwynn, who is the subject of her Olivier nominated play. They were opposites in personality and mannerism; Louise a proud woman of noble birth used to the sophistication of Versailles, Gwyn a spirited and pranking ex-orange-wench. [25], There is some debate over the year The Mad Couple debuted, with earlier authorities believing it to be 1667. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled. Inline images in messages are the copyright of the respective linked sites. In addition to the properties mentioned above, Gwyn had a summer residence on the site of what is now 6163 King's Cross Road, London, which enjoyed later popularity as the Bagnigge Wells Spa. It's quite possible, though we will never know for sure. WebNell Gwynn (c. 16501687) The descendants of Holy Roman Empire monarchies became feeble-minded in the twentieth century, and after World War I had been done in WebTheir descendants adopted the surname de Vere Beauclerk, which is still in use today. Page 879 - NELL GWYNN'S DESCENDANTS. Please note your email address will not be displayed on the page nor will it be used for any marketing material or promotion of any kind. Join our newsletter and follow us on our social media channels to find out more about exhibitions, events and the people and portraits in our Collection. More on Nell Gwyn: Pepys and his Contemporaries book in our Shops. In March 1687, she suffered a stroke that left her paralysed on one side. On 21 December 1676, a warrant was passed for "a grant to Charles Beauclerc, the King's natural son, and to the heirs male of his body, of the dignities of Baron of Heddington, co. Oxford, and Earl of Burford in the same county, with remainder to his brother, James Beauclerc, and the heirs male of his body." She was a well-known beauty, who became lady of the bedchamber to Caroline of Ansbach, Princess of Wales. RootsChat.com is a totally free family history forum to help you. There are blue plaques at 79 Pall Mall, the house Charles II gave Nell to live in, and at the site of Bagnigge House, 61-63 Kings Cross Road. Among the, descendants of Nell Gwynn are his sisters. She also spent a fortune on paintings, furnishings, entertainment, dresses and expensive food. Her last stage appearance occurred in late 1670, as Almahide in The Conquest of Granada by Dryden. Yes I understand the line is through the Duke of St Albans. Nell Gwyn, original name Eleanor Gwyn, (born Feb. 2, 1650, London, Eng.died Nov. 14, 1687, London), English actress and mistress of Charles II, whose frank recklessness, generosity, invariable good temper, ready wit, infectious high spirits, and amazing indiscretions appealed irresistibly to a generation that welcomed in her the living antithesis of Puritanism. Perhaps she just served the drinks and dreamed of treading the boards French fashions were hugely popular, so it's not surprising that London was keen to follow in the Parisian's footsteps. [1] By his wife he had twelve children: Several legends describe how Beauclerk became Earl of Burford. The Prime Minister's official spokesman, however, had the last word: "It sounds to me like the desperate act of the spent forces of conservatism. Children of Eleanor Gwynne and Charles II Stuart, WebHistory. "[36] Gwyn was acting once more in late August, and her brief affair with Buckhurst had ended. He was succeeded by his eldest son. [21] The Oxford Dictionary of Actors therefore suggests that 'perhaps most of her wealth was in trust or not in liquid assets' which might explain why the rich girl was so poor. A blue plaque added to the side of the present building in 2013 commemorates Thompson being visited there in 1846 by the notable American Frederick Douglass.. At the beginning of the 20th century, this area of Chelsea 97.). At the height of the Exclusion Crisis, when the religious feeling was at boiling point, Nell's coach was attacked by an angry mob who mistook her for the Catholic foreign mistress. A rare mention of her upbringing from the source herself might be seen to contradict the idea: A 1667 entry in Samuel Pepys' diary records, second-hand, that. 8 May 1670, d. 11 May 1726, James Beauclerk, Lord Beauclerk b. The diarist, Samuel Pepys, reported himself delighted by the performance of "pretty, witty Nell", watching her as Florimel in Dryden's Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen he wrote- "so great a performance of a comical part was never, I believe, in the world before..so done by Nell her merry part as cannot be better done in nature". Her descendant and biographer Charles Beauclerk calls this conjecture, based solely on what is known of her later life. This may have been her last play; 1671 was almost certainly her last season. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. [44] As her commitment to the King increased, though, her acting career slowed, and she had no recorded parts between January and June 1669, when she played Valeria in Dryden's very successful tragedy Tyrannick Love.[45]. Paragraph operations are made directly in the full article text panel located to the left.Paragraph operations include: Zone operations are made directly in the full article text panel located to the left.Zone operations include: Please choose from the following download options: The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized [8] However, her specific connection to that family, if any, is unknown. For access to nell gwynn's full information you must be on the Trusted List. He later invited her to supper, along with his brother James, Duke of York. David Cameron is apparently descended from royalty also but not the same royal as his wife Samantha, Holman & Vinton- Cornwall, Wojciechowskyj & Hussak- Bukowiec & Zahutyn, Bentley & Richards- Leicester, Taylor-Kent/Sussex Punnett-Sussex, Bear/e- Monkleigh Gazey-Warwicks, George W. Bush is said to be 13th cousin twice removed to the Queen. [22] This unusual use of only her first name would imply that Gwyn had made herself known both on the stage and off as her celebrity status started to emerge. It is claimed that there are some two thousand living descendants of King Charles II and Nell Gwyn. Daughter of Thomas Gwyn and Helen Smith Do you have specialist knowledge or a particular interest about any aspect of the portrait or sitter or artist that you can share with us? "Pray good people be civil" she cried, sticking her head out of the window, "I am the Protestant whore! The obscurity surrounding Gwyn's date of birth parallels numerous other obscurities that run through the course of her life. She retained Charles' II affection as much by her wit as her looks and their relationship was to last for sixteen years. [2] The eight-year difference between these two possible birth years can offer different readings of what Gwyn achieved during her lifetime. Gwyn is said to have complained that "she had always conveyed free under the Crown, and always would; and would not accept [the house] till it was conveyed free to her by an Act of Parliament." Its just as well that Nell Gwynn was a real person because shed be entirely unbelievable as an invented character. Charles had secret passages built so that he could visit her without others knowing. Gwyn nicknamed Louise "Squintabella" for her looks and the "Weeping Willow" for her tendencies to sob. In the cast list of Aphra Behn's The Rover, produced at Dorset Garden in March 1677, the part of Angelica Bianca, "a famous Curtezan" is played by a Mrs. Gwin. Basset was the popular game at the time, and Gwyn was a frequentand high-stakesgambler.[48]. ", Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. On 21 December 1676, Charles II granted to Charles Beauclerk, the titles of Baron of Heddington and Earl of Burford. Alexander Smith's 1715 Lives of the Court Beauties says she was born in Coal Yard Alley in Covent Garden and other biographies, including Wilson's, have followed suit. Eleanor Gwyn (2 February 1650 14 November 1687; also spelled Gwynn, Gwynne) was a celebrity figure of the Restoration period. During Samuel Pepys's life women were first allowed to take to the stage as professional actresses. When the King died in 1685 Nells creditors descended upon her she never did starve, but was in grave danger of being sent to a Debtors prison. She appealed to King James and to his credit, he settled her immediate debts and gave her a pension of 1500 a year. "[59], She is noted for another remark made to her coachman, who was fighting with another man who had called her a whore. In 1663 the King's Company, led by Thomas Killigrew, opened a new playhouse, the Theatre in Bridges/Brydges Street, which was later rebuilt and renamed the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Please, if you are going to represent her as a leading example of a courtesan, get the person who had her as a mistress right. In May, a second stroke left her confined to the bed in her Pall Mall house; she made out her will on 9 July and a codicil on 18 October with her executors, Laurence Hyde (the Earl of Rochester), Thomas Earl of Pembroke, Sir Robert Sawyer the Attorney General, and Henry Sidney each receiving 100. Her first recorded appearance on-stage was in March 1665, in John Dryden's heroic drama The Indian Emperour, playing Cydaria, daughter of Moctezuma and love interest to Cortez, played by her real-life lover Charles Hart. His descendant Sponsored Search. [4], Nell Gwyn is reported in a manuscript of 1688 to have been a daughter of "Thos [Thomas] Guine a Capt [captain] of ane antient fammilie in Wales", although the reliability of the statement is doubtful as its author does not seem to have hesitated to create or alter details where the facts were unknown or perhaps unremarkable. Nell was extremely pretty with long reddish-brown hair and a good figure, reckless but generous and unpretentious, she was known to be illiterate and could only sign her name with her awkwardly scrawled initials "E.G.". Another is that Gwyn grabbed young Charles and hung him out of a window of Lauderdale House in Highgate, where she briefly resided, and threatened to drop him unless he was granted a peerage. Evidence for any one of the three is scarce. And after the very dour years of the interregnum, in which theatres were closed and entertainment (including Christmas celebrations) were outlawed, putting women on stage was part of a celebration of all things bright and fun which characterised Charles' ascension to the throne. Her last stage appearance was with Hart in Drydens Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards (January 1670), the production of which had been postponed several months for her return to the stage after the birth of her first son by the king in 1670. For example, The Bodleian Manuscript of The Siege of Urbin has the part of Pedro (Melina- a maid servant in breeches) played by a 'Mrs. In February 1671, Gwyn moved into a brick townhouse at 79 Pall Mall. This play, a tragicomedy written by the theatre's house dramatist, John Dryden, was performed in March 1667. It is claimed that there are some two thousand living descendants of King Charles II and Nell Gwyn. 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