Wild romance

By Chloe Schama

Subjects: Marriage, Great britain, history, 19th century, Biography, Trials, litigation, Upper class women, Women, biography, Great britain, biography, Bigamy, Voyages around the world, Social life and customs, Single women, Aristocracy (Social class), Marriage law, great britain, Scandals, History, Trials (Bigamy), Travel

Description: What started as a friendly conversation between Theresa Longworth and army officer William Charles Yelverton, on a steamer bound from France to England in 1852, would culminate nearly a decade later in one of the biggest public scandals the era had ever witnessed, with enormous implications for society at large.