Хто зустрічався з Георг IV?

Георг IV (англ. George IV, нім. Georg IV, за англійською традицією Джордж IV; 12 серпня 1762 — 26 червня 1830) — король Великої Британії і Ганноверу з 29 січня 1820 року, з Ганноверської династії. Фактично очолював країну набагато раніше, з рубежу століть, коли загострилася психічна хвороба його батька Георга III. 5 лютого 1811 року Георг III був визнаний недієздатним, і з того часу його старший син був проголошений принцом-регентом і залишався ним до смерті батька 29 січня 1820 року.

Період 1811–1820 років називається епохою Регентства (англ. Regency). 8 квітня 1795 року одружився з Кароліною Брауншвейзькою (17 травня 1768 — 7 серпня 1821), яка народила дочку Шарлотту Августу.

Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness Conyngham (née Denison; 29 March 1770 – 11 October 1861) was an English courtier and noblewoman. She is thought to be the last mistress of George IV of the United Kingdom.

Olga Alexandrovna Zherebtsova (née Zubova; Russian: Ольга Александровна Жеребцова; 1766–1849), also known as Madame Gerebtzoff, was a Russian aristocrat and socialite, known foremost for her political involvement and love life. She was the sister of the celebrated Zubov brothers, Prince Platon and Counts Nikolay and Valerian.

After her brothers' fall from grace following Catherine II's death, they conspired with Count Pahlen to assassinate her successor Paul whom they viewed as the author of their misfortunes. The conspirators met and discussed their plans at Zherebtsova's house. Some maintain that she appropriated the funds the British government passed through her lover Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth to the conspirators. "Once diplomatic relations with England were broken, Whitworth was ordered to leave the capital with all his staff".

Zherebtsova followed Lord Whitworth to England where she was shocked to learn about his prospective betrothal to the widow of John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset. It was rumored that Madame Gerebtzoff extorted from her rival some 10,000 pounds before turning her attention to the Prince Regent, whose mistress she is said to have become. She is even said to have given birth to a natural son, named George Nord, after his purported royal father.

In the declining years of her life, Madame Gerebtzoff returned to the Russian capital, where she again became immersed in court intrigues through her powerful son-in-law, Prince Aleksey Orlov. In the 1840s, she was the patron of Alexander Herzen, who would recall her character and opinions with admiration in his memoirs "My Past and Thoughts":

Like a tree in winter, she maintained the linear outline of her boughs after the leaves had fallen off and the scraggy bare branches had been pinched with cold, all the more clearly demonstrating her magnificent stature, her daring bulk, and the trunk, though white with frost, still stalking lordly and sulkily and braving every tempest and gust.

Grace Dalrymple Elliott (c. 1754 – 16 May 1823) was a Scottish courtesan, writer and spy resident in Paris during the French Revolution. She was an eyewitness to events detailed in her memoirs, Journal of my life during the French Revolution (Ma Vie sous la Révolution) published posthumously in 1859. She was mistress, first to the future George IV, by whom she is said to have borne an illegitimate daughter, and then to the Duke of Orléans. Elliott trafficked correspondence and helped condemned Royalists and members of the French nobility escape from the First French Republic during the Reign of Terror. She was arrested several times but managed to avoid the guillotine, and was released following the military coup that ended the Terror and resulted in the execution of Robespierre.

In the acclaimed but widely controversial 2001 film adaptation of her memoirs by French New Wave director Éric Rohmer as The Lady and the Duke, Grace Elliot was played by English actress Lucy Russell.

Мері Робінсон (англ. Mary Robinson, уроджена Дарбі, англ. Darby; 27 листопада 1757(?) — 26 грудня 1800) — англійська актриса, поетеса, драматург, романістка і знаменитість свого часу. Під час життя вона була відома як «англійська Сафо». Мері Робінсон отримала прізвисько «Пердіта» за виконання ролі Пердіти у Зимовій казці Шекспіра у 1779 році. Вона була першою публічною метресою короля Георга IV, коли він був ще принцом Уельським.

Портрети Мері Робінсон, виконані Джорджем Ромні та Томасом Гейнсборо, зберігаються у Зібранні Воллеса в Лондоні.