Charles Beauclerk (pronounced boh-clair) was created Earl of Burford and later Duke of St Albans. Certainly their relationship stood the test of time and she She bore six children and although it is assumed that Charles was the father of at least five of them, this is not certain. Geni requires JavaScript! Sometime after the end of April and her last recorded role that season (in Robert Howard's The Surprisal), Gwyn and Buckhurst left London for a country holiday in Epsom, accompanied by Charles Sedley, another wit in the merry gang. Her balance at Child's Bank was reported to be well over four figures, and she possessed almost 15,000 ounces of plate. Another is that Gwyn grabbed young Charles and hung him out of a window of Lauderdale House in Highgate, where she briefly resided, and threatened to drop him unless he was granted a peerage. But so great performance of a comical part was never, I believe, in the world before as Nell do this, both as a mad girl, then most and best of all when she comes in like a young gallant; and hath the notions and carriage of a spark the most that ever I saw any man have. Catherine of Braganza PreviousNext Barbara Palmer, Copyright 2004 - 2022 www.englishmonarchs.co.uk All rights reserved All rights reserved Privacy Policy, Copyright 2004 - 2022 www.englishmonarchs.co.uk All rights reserved All rights reserved . Spotted an error, information that is missing (a sitters life dates, occupation or family relationships, or a date of portrait for example) or do you know anything that we don't know? The plan failed; reportedly, Gwyn asked 500 a year to be kept and this was rejected as it was regarded as too expensive. Evidence for any one of the three is scarce. W. Nelthorp B'eauclerk, our minister, Beauclerk, of the North Staffordshire Regi. Nell answered then, "I was but one man's whore, though I was brought up in a bawdy-house to fill strong waters to the guests; and you are a whore to three or four, though a Presbyter's praying daughter!"[12]. Nell Gwynn (c. 16501687) There are occasions when we are unsure of the identity of a sitter or artist, their life dates, occupation or have not recorded their family relationships. WebNell Gwyn Arms of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans: Royal arms of King Charles II debruised by a baton sinister gules charged with three roses argent Charles Beauclerk, 1st Of course they, all come from her eldest son, Charles Beau. On 17 April 1694 her son Charles Beauclerk married Lady Diana de Vere, daughter and heiress of Aubrey de Vere, the last Earl of Oxford. Unlike some of Charles' other mistresses, Nell was popular with the public for her ready wit, she was the least grasping and never suffered from any illusions regarding herself. Elizabeth Gwyn. 97.). ", "If it please your Majesty," she replied, "there is but one way left, which expedient I am afraid it will be difficult to persuade you to embrace. ", The diarist Samuel Pepys wrote in January 1667, "to the King's house, and there saw "The Numerous Lieutenant," a silly play, I think; only the Spirit in it that grows very tall, and then sinks again to nothing, having two heads breeding upon one, and then Knipp's singing, did please us. As she was working class, no-one recorded the specifics of her life, her date of birth, for example, until she became famous. Charles invited Gwyn and her escort, Mr. Villiers, a cousin of Buckingham's, to supper along with his brother the Duke of York. Charles had secret passages built so that he could visit her without others knowing. WebCharacter Nancy Show Nell Gwynn Gender Female Age Range Adult, Mature Adult, Young Adult Role Size Supporting Voice Non-singer Time & Place London, England, Seventeenth Century Tags dresser working class theatre english accent londoner wooden knowing experienced plain-spoken confidante relief Analysis 18283, dismisses reported appearances in the late 1670s and early 1680s as non-credible, noting "the publicity that would have attended such a comeback is absent". she exclaimed, in an imitation of the King's manner of speaking, "but this is the poorest company I ever was in! [2] The eight-year difference between these two possible birth years can offer different readings of what Gwyn achieved during her lifetime. Page 879 - NELL GWYNN'S DESCENDANTS. Just after the death of Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans, at the turn of the year, on 5 January 1684, King Charles granted his son Charles, Earl of Burford, the title of Duke of St Albans, gave him an allowance of 1,000 a year, and granted him the offices of Chief Ranger of Enfield Chace and Master of the Hawks in reversion (i. e. after the death of the current incumbents). Husband of Helen / Eleanor "Old Madam" Smith Father of Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn. Please note that we cannot provide valuations. She was buried in the Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on 17 November 1687. Birth of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans, Death of Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn at Pall Mall, St. Martin's Place, London, Middlesex, England, https://www.geni.com/people/Eleanor-Nell-Gwyn/6000000003949283214?through=6000000000769939369. Her return was in Dryden's The Conquest of Granada, a two-part epic produced in December 1670 and January 1671. [4], Nell Gwyn is reported in a manuscript of 1688 to have been a daughter of "Thos [Thomas] Guine a Capt [captain] of ane antient fammilie in Wales", although the reliability of the statement is doubtful as its author does not seem to have hesitated to create or alter details where the facts were unknown or perhaps unremarkable. Its always intrigued me too, how some descendants end up peers of the realm and others end up "dustbinmen". It would be her main residence for the rest of her life. She lived there when the King was in residence at Windsor Castle. It is possible that she herself was a child prostitute; Peter Thomson, in the Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre, says it is "probable". It is claimed that there are some two thousand living descendants of King Charles II and Nell Gwyn. We'll need your email address so that we can follow up on the information provided and contact you to let you know when your contribution has been published. He saw her roll the stage from side to side Additionally, 'Nelle' was intended to play the small role of Paulina, a courtesan, in Killigrew's Thomaso, or The Wanderer in November 1664, but the play seems to have been cancelled. Here Mrs. Pierce tells me [] that Nelly and Beck Marshall, falling out the other day, the latter called the other my Lord Buckhurst's whore. She remained a member of the Drury Lane acting company until 1669, playing continuously except for a short period in Epsom in the Summer of 1667, when she lived as the mistress of Charles Sackville, styled Lord Buckhurst and later 6th Earl of Dorset. Please, if you are going to represent her as a leading example of a courtesan, get the person who had her as a mistress right. WebNell Gwyn, original name Eleanor Gwyn, (born Feb. 2, 1650, London, Eng.died Nov. 14, 1687, London), English actress and mistress of Charles II, whose frank recklessness, generosity, "[46] The Duchess of Portsmouth's only recorded riposte was, "anybody may know she has been an orange-wench by her swearing". Nell Gwyns grave is St Martin-in-the-Fields Churchyard, Westminster. Elizabeth Gwyn. He was succeeded by his eldest son. In February 1671, Gwyn moved into a brick townhouse at 79 Pall Mall. She never forgot her old friends and, as far as is known, remained faithful to her royal lover from the beginning of their intimacy until his death and, after his death, to his memory. Gwyn nicknamed Louise "Squintabella" for her looks and the "Weeping Willow" for her tendencies to sob. Complete opposites, Louise was very proud woman of her noble Breton birth, Nell a true child of the London streets, scathingly nicknamed her "Squintabella" and the "Weeping Willow" for her tendencies to weep. Nell was was the daughter of Thomas and Ellen Gwynn, her place of birth is disputed, with some sources stating Pipe Well Lane in Hereford, which was renamed Gwynne Street in the nineteenth century, while others state she was born in London. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. It was the end of what I think of as 'the era of beige', the puritans and the civil war. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. Hate serious plays, as I do serious parts. Sir John Wynn (d.1626, aet 73) is famous as the author of 'The History of the Gwydir Family' and one of the most prominent Welshmen of his day. He aimed to provide King Charles II with someone who would supplant Barbara Palmer, his principal current mistress and Buckingham's cousin, moving Buckingham closer to the King's ear. The circumstances of the child's life in Paris and the cause of his death are both unknown, one of the few clues being that he died "of a sore leg", which Beauclerk speculates could mean anything from an accident to poison. "[53] A few weeks later, James was given "the title of Lord Beauclerc, with the place and precedence of the eldest son of an earl."[53]. When the king rebuked her for calling him that, she replied, "Your Majesty has given me no other name to call him by." [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 257. [18] She was reputed to have been illiterate. p. 336. Aphra Behn, Britain's first female professional playwright, wasn't far behind. Her affair with Charles II who she jokingly termed her 'Charles III' is reported to have begun in April 1668 when she was seventeen. Her descendant and biographer Charles Beauclerk calls this conjecture, based solely on what is known of her later life. [47] Their relationship was not strictly adversarial; they were known to get together for tea and cards, for example. Nell Gwynn (c. 16501687) The descendants of Holy Roman Empire monarchies became feeble-minded in the twentieth century, and after World War I had been done in by the democracies; some were kept on to Called "pretty, witty Nell" by Pepys, she has been regarded as a living embodiment of the spirit of Restoration England and has come to be considered a folk heroine, with a story echoing the rags-to-royalty tale of Cinderella. In May, a second stroke left her confined to the bed in her Pall Mall house; she made out her will on 9 July and a codicil on 18 October with her executors, Laurence Hyde (the Earl of Rochester), Thomas Earl of Pembroke, Sir Robert Sawyer the Attorney General, and Henry Sidney each receiving 100. [14] Duncan provided Gwyn with rooms at a tavern in Maypole Alley,[15] and the satires also say he was involved in securing Nell a job at the theatre being built nearby. She only bore him two children: The elder was born in 1670, Charles Beauclerk, who was made Baron Heddington and Earl of Burford and, later, Duke of St. Albans. I suspect they loved each other. What shall I do to please the People of England? We use cookies to ensure you have the best browsing experience and to help us improve our website. For the Daniel Defoe character, see. Shortly afterwards, the King granted a house which was renamed Burford House, on the edge of the Home Park in Windsor, to Nell and their son, where she lived when the King was in residence at Windsor Castle. Started by Private User on Wednesday, December 29, 2010. This was no easy task in the Restoration theatre; the limited pool of audience members meant that very short runs were the norm for plays and fifty different productions might be mounted in the nine-month season lasting from September to June. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nell-Gwyn-English-actress, BFI Screenonline - Biography of Nell Gwyn, Royal County of Berkshire History - Biography of Nell Gwynne, Nell Gwyn - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up), Charles Beauclerk, 1st duke of Saint Albans. Sometimes we have not recorded the date of a portrait. Omissions? Her second son, James, Lord Beauclerk (b. Whether this activity rose to the level of pimping may be a matter of semantics.[17]. "[60], In 1937, a new ten-storey block of 437 flats in Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, was given the name Nell Gwynn House, and in a high alcove above the main entrance is a statue of Gwyn, with a Cavalier King Charles spaniel at her feet. 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More on Nell Gwyn: Pepys and his Contemporaries book in our Shops. There is some suggestion, from a poem dated to 1681, again of doubtful accuracy, that Gwyn's father died at Oxford, perhaps in prison. WebShe had two sons by the King, and the elder, Charles Beauclerk, was created Duke of St Albans. Sent to school in Paris when he was six, he died there in 1681. Nell (Gwynn) Solomon Nell R. Solomon formerly Gwynn Born 1920s. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. She had a magnificent silver bed in the house, adorned with the king's head and figures of cupids and slaves, as well as crowns and an eagle. A few months later, the Frenchwoman Louise de Krouaille came to England, ostensibly to serve as a maid of honour to Charles' wife, Catherine of Branganza, but in reality as Charles' mistress. Although she left considerable debts, always charitable in memory of her father, in her will she left a legacy to the Newgate prisoners in London. 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