Thank you so much for the information! There wasn't any specific information that I was looking for - just information in general. When I saw her picture, I was immediately struck by it for she looked just like what I had always invisioned a heroine from that era looking like but not at all how they typically were depicted, especially when done by Reynolds. I had this dread that she had lived a short and tragic life, dying soon after marriage. Obviously this is not the case since you mentioned her having ten children (although I would think for some, dying young would be prefereable to giving birth ten times).

I am curious about the number of children she had. This doesn't strike me as a typical amount for a couple of this rank. You said they had seven sons, so its not as if they were trying for a boy. Were they an oddity, do you think? Or did lots of other couples of this rank have so many children?

] According to my 1818 Stockdale peerage ] my 1812 Debrett's

Wow! I am envious! What I wouldn't do to get my hands on those. Are they actual copies or recent reproductions? If you live anywhere in the USA, especially anywhere near Chicago, I'd lock those up...just kidding!

Thanks again.

Gretchen