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- Charlotte married Edward Nares, a man who was considered below her
station. The Duke and Duchess were outraged. They were married quietly at
Henley-on-Thames in April, 1797; none of her relations was present. "
After a lapse of time, she was invited to visit Blenheim, but since the
invitation did not include her husband she preferred not to accept, and
she never again set foot in her old home. Most of her relations, however,
ignored the Duke and Duchess's embargo (which was generally regarded as
unreasonable) and welcomed Edward Nares with as much pleasure and warmth
as a relation as they had done an erstwhile friend". QUOTE and following
information from "The Profligate Duke" by Mary Soames, pages 32 - 34, 137
Charlotte was happy with nares and they had 3 children, only one of whom
survived infancy - Elizabeth Martha born 1798. But Charlotte became ill
and in 1801 so weak that her husband took her to Bath, hoping that she
might become stronger. But she died in January, 1802. The Duke asked
that his daughter's body be brought to Blenheim, and Nares agreed.
Charlotte's kin rallied around the 4-year old Elizabeth, who after her
mother's death was a frequent visitor to her grandparents. But Nares was
not invited until 2 years after the Duchess's death in 1811. Nares and
the Duke were reconciled, and he subsequently became a frequent guest. He
had by then become quite eminent in the academic world, having been
appointed Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford. He married again
not long after Charlotte's death.
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1769 - 1802 (33 years)
