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Postmaster of Darlington's Daughter scandal tale
A lengthy 1738 report recounts Sir Edward Walpole, then Prime Minister, and his involvement with Clement, a young woman employed in Darlington, detailing births linked to their liaison, social consequences, and the prominence of Walpole's later offspring including Mrs Keppel and Maria Duchess of Gloucester.
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Darlington
Edward Walpole
George the Second
Clement
Rennie
Walpole
Martia
Sir Edward
Mrs. Keppel
Maria
Duchess of Gloucester
Dysart
Colonel Walpole
Sir Robert
Miss Clement
Lady Walpole
Laura
Frederick Keppel
Earl of
Waldegrave
Duke of Portland
Mary Clement
Duke of Gloucester
Robert Pett
Lord Lyndhurst
Drayton
Paris
Robert
Glasgow
Lyndhurst
London Review
France
Courrier Francais
Siecle
Assize Court
Pre
Siécle
M. Dutacq
Advvocate-General
M. P. Dupin
Sword of Justice
Par Desant
M. de la Pelouse
Adelaide of
Orleans
Louis Philippe
Athalin
Rouen
la Rochelle
Bellecroix
Gallies
Bagnio
Tuy Assasoix
Meunier
Blanqui
Lamieussens
Pierre
Court of Assizes
la Puiz
Jas
Chamber of Deputies
M. Thiers
Journal de Paris
Ait Porte
Hernoux
Cote d'Or
M. Hernoux
M. Gameron
M. Dupin
MS Thiers
Constantine
Marshal Clause
Charmber
Rome
Calpurnius
Africa
Dupin
M. Calmon
Marshal Clausel
M. Dup
Count Molé
Bernard
Switzerland
M. Thil
M. Gasparin
Conseil
M. Molé
Count Montalivet
Interior
Moniteur
M. Dutchatel
Europe
America
Bank of England
Bank of Amsterdam
Hamburg
Berlin
Bank of France
Nantes
Marseilles
Lyona
Bordéaux
War Department
Algiers
Bourbon
Antilles
Guiana
India
French Guiana