21st March 2001
Contact: Moira Bonnington
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I am trying to ascertain the parents of Sarah KEPPEL who married Charles HORNECK at St. Martins in the Fields, Westminster, in 1773. It is possible that she was born overseas (not in her native England). She was 20 years old and "under age" in English Law when she married. Her father - whom I have been told was the third Earl - was dead before his daughter's wedding.
In March the following year Sarah HORNECK returned briefly to the home of her mother the Dowager Countess of Albemarle and then eloped with John Scawen with whom she had entered "an adulterous conversation" and the couple went to France and Naples.
A petition for Divorce was presented to Parliament in 1776 by Charles Horneck her husband. The bill was given Royal Consent later that year. The Divorce was one of only 318 that were obtained by Act of Parliament (the only way to get in Divorce in the late 18th century).One of the Trustees of the Divorce Settlement was Augustus Keppel (who I believe was an Admiral and was involved in a Court Martial a few years later). I believe he was Sarah Keppel's uncle.
Can anyone add more to this history please?
I am trying to locate any information on my distant relation. His name is Joseph DICKSON, who married a Mary GEE, in 1828. Joseph was born November, 1803, christened April, 1804, Wandsworth All Saints, Camberwell, London. Occupation Boot/Shoemaker. Died 1891 in N.S.W. Australia.
They had 4 children in England, then 6 in N.S.W. Australia. Joseph's parents were Joseph Dickson and Elizabeth. Can anyone help me out. I am interested in finding out where Joseph and Elizabeth came from as well.
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