Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur OrtonAnonymous
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Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton
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Impostors and imposture -- Biography
"As a testimony that my daughter was not at all unworthy of
Her Royal Consort the Duke of Cumberland, Lord Warwick
solemnly declares that he returned privately from the
continent to offer her marriage; but seeing how greatly she
was attached to the Duke of Cumberland, he witnessed her
union with His Royal Highness, March 4th, 1767.
Witness, J. WILMOT.
WARWICK ROBT. WILMOT."
"We solemnly certify in this prayer-book that Olive, the
lawful daughter of Henry Frederick Duke of Cumberland and
Olive his wife, bears a large mole on the right side, and
another crimson mark upon the back, near the neck; and that
such child was baptised as Olive Wilmot, at St. Nicholas
Church, Warwick, by command of the King (George the Third)
to save her royal father from the penalty of bigamy, &c.
J. WILMOT.
WARWICK.
ROBT. WILMOT."
"I hereby certify that George, Prince of Wales, married
Hannah Wheeler, _alias_ Lightfoot, April 17th, 1759; but,
from finding the latter to be her right name, I solemnized
the union of the said parties a second time, May the 27th,
1759, as the certificate affixed to this paper will confirm."
Witness (torn). "J. WILMOT."
"Not to be acted upon until the king's demise."
"With other sacred papers to Lord Warwick's care for Olive,
my grand-daughter, when I am no more. J.W."
"MY DEAR OLIVE,--As the undoubted heir of Augustus, King of
Poland, your rights will find aid of the Sovereigns that you
are allied to by blood, should the family of your father act
unjustly, but may the great Disposer of all things direct
otherwise. The Princess of Poland, your grandmother, I made
my lawful wife, and I do solemnly attest that you are the
last of that illustrious blood. May the Almighty guide you
to all your distinctions of birth. Mine has been a life of
trial, but not of crime!
J. WILMOT."
"_January_, 1791."
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