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From: "D. Spencer Hines" <>
Subject: Re: George III's first wife Hannah Lightfoot
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 19:17:49 +0100


One date I've seen for the alleged marriage is 17 Apr 1759.

Idiot Check:

I am NOT endorsing the proposition that George married Hannah Lightfoot.
--

D. Spencer Hines

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[c.1258-1264]

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"Leo van de Pas" <> wrote in message
news:009401c01cc8$82b65c00$...

| Personally, I don't believe in the Hannah Lightfoot story,
| George III was too moral a person to sleep with two women at the same
time.
| He was also in love with Lady Sarah Lennox but his duty made him marry
his
| Queen. There are too many 'wannabe' people claiming royal ancestors.
| At one stage I knew the date of the supposed marriage to Hannah
Lightfoot
| and those of the births of "their" three children. To make it happen
he
| would have to be running from one "wife" to the other to make it all
happen.
| My vote goes to the premise that Hannah Lightfoot was the figment of
| somebody's imagination.
| Best wishes
| Leo van de Pas
|
|
|
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: elizabeth abbott <>
| To: <>
| Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 3:19 AM
| Subject: Re: George III's first wife Hannah Lightfoot
|
|
| > My g.g.gf had such admiration for "good King George III" that he
gave
| > himself an annual holiday on George's birthday. If George had an
early
| > marriage to someone he really loved - before dynastic considerations
| > demanded he marry Charlotte, it doesn't change the picture of him
being a
| > devoted family man too much. About any possible children - as
George had
| > porphyria would this gene be traceable in descendants and be one
way to
| > help identify them?
| >
| > Liz
| >
| > -----Original Message-----
| > From: John Steele Gordon <>
| > To: <>
| > Date: September 12, 2000 6:54 AM
| > Subject: Re: George III's first wife Hannah Lightfoot
| >
| >
| > >scp wrote:
| > >
| > >> The BBC has an interesting piece on the discovery of what appear
to be
| > the
| > >> 'secret graves' of George III's 'secret grandaughter' and
daughter:
| > >>
| > >>
| >
http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/wales/newsid%5F916000/916965.s
tm
| > >> _________
| > >>
| > >> Does anyone have the details on the children?
| > >
| > >This is two hundred years off topic, but there is something to be
| > >learned here, perhaps.
| > >
| > >In Christopher Hibbert's biography, "George III" there is a
footnote on
| > >page 29:
| > >
| > >There is a persistent legend that 'the boiling youth' has already
had an
| > >affair with a young Quaker woman, Hannah Lightfoot. Mary Lucy
Pendered
| > >in 'The Fair Quaker, Hannah Lightfoot' accepted the story that the
| > >affair had resulted in three children. In a later book, 'The Lovely
| > >Quaker,' John Lindsay asserted that a marriage had taken place and
that
| > >one of the children of this marriage--and consequently the
legitimate
| > >heir to the throne--was one George Rex, who became a wealthy and
| > >influential resident of the Cape of Good Hope and who, undoubtedly,
bore
| > >a marked resemblance to King George III.
| > >
| > >After studying parish registers, wills and records of land tenure,
| > >however, Professor Ian Christie has been able to trace back George
Rex's
| > >authentic pedigree as far as his paternal grandfather and the
parents of
| > >this grandfather's wife and to show that George Rex--his surname
being a
| > >true family name, not a latin pun--was the son of John Rex, a
London
| > >distiller. The books linking him to George III and Hannah Lightfoot
are,
| > >Professor Christie has written, 'based on evidence which is without
| > >exception hearsay or else suspicious in origin . . . There is no
| > >documentation for the most salient facts. This leads to wholly
| > >speculative assumptions that various records have been destroyed'
| > >(Christie, 'The Family Origins of george Rex of Knysna').
| > >
| > >It might be noted that George III, unlike the other Hanoverian
kings and
| > >a U.S. president, had no trouble keeping his trousers buttoned. He
seems
| > >to have been completely faithful to Queen Charlotte and they were
to all
| > >appearances, a devoted couple.
| > >
| > >JSG
| > >--
| > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jsggenealogy/Jsgordo

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