I was intrigued by a discovery that on 8th March 1828 the Cambrian reported the case of Lady Eliza Mansel against her husband on the grounds of his adultery.
I haven’t been able to find any more information about this at the moment. However, I tried searching The London Gazette for any mention and came across this in 1825:
The Commissioners in a Commission of Bankrup- awarded and issued forth against William Mansel, formerly of Grove-Lane, Camberwell, in the County of Surrey, afterwards of Downing-Street, in the City of Westminster otherwise Sir William Mansel, Baronet (now confined in the King’s-Bench Prison), Picture-Dealer and Chapman, intend to meet on the 26th day of July instant, at Ten of the Clock in the Forendon, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, in Basinghall-Street, in the City of London, in order to receive the Proof of Debts under the said Commission.
In 1827 also in The London Gazette
Pursuant to the Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England.
The Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors:
The matters of the petitions and schedules of the prisoners hereinafter named (the same having been filed in the Court) are appointed to be heard at the Court-House, in Portugal-Street, Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields, on Tuesday the 30th day of October 1827, at Nine o’Clock in the Forenoon.
Sir William Mansell, Bat. formerly of Park-Place, Regent’s-Park, Middlesex, then of Leamington, Warwickshire, next of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and late of Dover, Kent.
Unfortunately I have not been able to discover the outcome of the petition but it was interesting that he may have spent two years in prison for being a debtor. Definitely adding this to my list of loose ends to research further. It also suggests other places of residence that I did not know about.
