Some more of the Gentlemen of the Regency

I have a soft spot for these two.

Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex by Guy Head

Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex was the sixth son of George III. He was mild man who suffered from asthma. He met Lady Augusta Murray while travelling in Italy and the two marry without consent from the king. A year later, the marriage was deemed illegal under the Royal Marriages Act 1772 and annulled in the Prerogative Court but the two continued living together for nearly decade despite it. They had two children whom she retained custody of when they seperated. A year after Augusta's death he married in accordance to Royal Marriages Act, to Lady Cecilia Letitia Buggin. They had no children and he died without a legitimate heir.

Sussex was firm in his liberal opinions, he was a scientist, patron of the arts and collector of books. He was also Queen Victoria's favourite uncle and the one who gave her away at her wedding to Prince Albert.

Henry Brougham painted by James Lonsdale

Henry Peter Brougham. First Baron Brougham and Vaux, he was one the most astonishing figures of the regency or any era. A brilliant lawyer, an unrelenting and dazzling contributor to the Edinburgh Review, a Lord Chancellor but primarily he was a passionate advocate of popular education. For education, he did more that any other man of his era and this is my favourite thing attested to Henry. He may be said to have created the French Riviera when he built a house there when it was naught but a house in Cannes, a then small fishing village. Henry is my ideal so know if I was certain of his temperament and knew without doubt we would fit well I would move all heaven and earth to make him my own.

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Oh and welcome to the middle of the week,

Simone