- Isabella Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of Hertford
Isabella Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of Hertford (1759 – 1834) was an English
courtier and mistress ofGeorge IV of the United Kingdom . She was a daughter ofCharles Ingram, 9th Viscount of Irvine , and married Francis Seymour-Conway, the secondMarquess of Hertford in 1776, aged sixteen. Tall, handsome and elegant [ [http://www.georgianindex.net/mistresses/prinny_mistresses.html Georgian Index - Mistresses of the Prince ] ] , she soon caught the attention of George, Prince of Wales. His attentions were not welcomed by her husband, who took her toIreland to keep her from the Prince. However, this only increased his passion for Lady Hertford, and she became George's mistress in 1807. As a result, the Prince was a regular guest atManchester House , Hertford'sLondon residence, andRagley Hall inWarwickshire . ATory herself, she was influential in turning the Prince toward the Tories, and used her London residence as the headquarters for Tory sympathizers [ [http://www.leeds.gov.uk/templenewsam/house/port_17.html Temple Newsam - Portraits - Isabella, Marchioness of Hertford ] ] . On the death of her mother in 1807, she and her husband added the name of Ingram to their surname due to the fortune they received.Lady Hertford's relationship with the Prince, now
Prince Regent , ended in 1819, when he turned his attentions toElizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness Conyngham . She died in 1834.References
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