Charles Hamilton was every young girl's dream. Handsome and dashing, he could have his pick of the eligible ladies for his wife.
And he did.
Not once.
But 14 times!
Leaving each one once he'd taken what he wanted. But that wasn't the most sensational aspect of the tale...
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SOURCES
Derby Mercury - Friday 07 November 1746
The Times. 17 January 1829.
Newcastle Chronicle - Saturday 02 July 1887
Weekly Times (London) - Sunday 18 January 1829
Chester Courant - Tuesday 17 February 1829
Ancestry
London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936
"Sexuality and Locality in the Trial of Mary Hamilton, 'Female Husband'". King's Law Journal. Derry, Caroline (2008)
"Henry Fielding's The Female Husband: Fact and Fiction" Baker, Sheridan (1959).
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