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The heirs male of the 3rd Earl of Orford tried to claim the
Heanton Satchville estates, but after a long and complex court case involving the examination of
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in 1754. But this marriage likewise ended in separation, and she returned to
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During her second marriage she became involved with
Emmanuel de Nay, Comte de Richecourt,
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Letters from Horace
Walpole to Sir Horace Mann, British Envoy at Florence, ed. Lord Dover
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619:(1764–1797), a cousin by descent from Margaret's aunt Bridget Rolle (1648–1721).
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Horace
Walpole Letters to Sir Horace Mann, 17 June 1746, OS Mann, 203
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Firstly, in 1724, as a wealthy 15-year-old heiress, to 23-year-old
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of her paternal grandmother, Lady
Arabella Clinton, wife of
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Edward
Clinton, 5th Earl of Lincoln, 13th Baron Clinton
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791:'Mann' and manners at the court of Florence, 1740-1786
762:, no 263, to Sir Horace Mann in Florence, 15 June 1755
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George
Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford, 16th Baron Clinton
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The Rolle family of
Heanton Satchville was a wealthy
41:, matching pair with portrait of her first husband,
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The Life and Times of Selina
Countess of Huntingdon
194:(17 January 1709 – 13 January 1781), was a wealthy
617:Robert George William Trefusis, 17th Baron Clinton
484:, who had no legitimate children and died insane.
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352:, abeyant upon the death in 1751 of her cousin,
666:Frances, Viscountess Courtenay by Thomas Hudson
561:Imperial Regency Council of Tuscany (1749–1757)
684:(107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry.
171:Baroness Clinton (1709–1781) by a follower of
253:, a junior branch of the Tuckfield family of
233:She was the only surviving daughter and sole
682:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood
392:, and brother-in-law of a distant cousin,
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324:had devolved upon her kinsmen who became
167:Margaret Rolle, Countess of Orford &
530:eloped to Florence with Samuel Sturgis,
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803:Countess of Huntingdon, Selina (1839).
780:The Letters of Horace Walpole, Volume 2
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292:'s biggest landowners, descended from
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745:Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley
187:Margaret Rolle, 15th Baroness Clinton
37:Margaret Rolle, Baroness Clinton, by
25:Margaret Rolle, 15th Baroness Clinton
907:Clinton family (English aristocracy)
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366:House of Lords Privileges Committee
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609:George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford
342:Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford
215:George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford
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354:Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Clinton
247:Heanton Satchville, Petrockstowe
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265:was purchased as a
251:Raddon Court, Devon
173:Herman van der Mijn
39:John Theodore Heins
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507:Comptroller
332:Inheritance
286:Stevenstone
43:Lord Orford
881:Categories
863:1760–1781
789:Dr Doran,
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603:Succession
499:Callington
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571:in 1768.
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288:, one of
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642:See also
630:, these
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569:Florence
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482:falconer
378:Cornwall
362:abeyance
259:Crediton
191:suo jure
169:suo jure
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589:Leghorn
585:Tuscany
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