She died at the age of 37, from apoplexy "almost certainly due to the acquired variety of syphilis" at ten in the evening on 14 November 1687. Her descendant and biographer Charles Beauclerk calls this conjecture, based solely on what is known of her later life. Children of Eleanor Gwynne and Charles II Stuart, King of Great Britain, Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans+ b. Eleanor Gwyn (2 February 1650 14 November 1687; also spelled Gwynn, Gwynne) was a celebrity figure of the Restoration period. You need to login before you can save preferences. Shortly afterwards, the King granted a house which was renamed Burford House, on the edge of the Home Park in Windsor, to Nell and their son, where she lived when the King was in residence at Windsor Castle. Gugu Mbatha-Raw played the title role in the production debut. However, Pepys, whose diary usually has great things to say about Gwyn, was displeased with her performance in this same part two years later: "to the King's playhouse, and there saw 'The Indian Emperour;' where I find Nell come again, which I am glad of; but was most infinitely displeased with her being put to act the Emperour's daughter; which is a great and serious part, which she do most basely."[23]. Someone there asked, "What the deuce was the Cham of Tartary to you?" 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Sir John Wynn (d.1626, aet 73) is famous as the author of 'The History of the Gwydir Family' and one of the most prominent Welshmen of his day. Please note your email address will not be displayed on the page nor will it be used for any marketing material or promotion of any kind. photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages. Gwyn died from apoplexy "almost certainly due to the acquired variety of syphilis"[56] on 14 November 1687, at ten in the evening, less than three years after the King's death. Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances as one of the first actresses on the English stage, she became best known for being a long-time mistress of King Charles II of England. "[60], In 1937, a new ten-storey block of 437 flats in Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, was given the name Nell Gwynn House, and in a high alcove above the main entrance is a statue of Gwyn, with a Cavalier King Charles spaniel at her feet. Managed by: Private User Last Updated: May 23, 2018: View Complete Profile. Sat 27 Oct 1900 - The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. "Protestant whore" redirects here. Gwyn joined the rank of actresses at Bridges Street when she was fourteen (if we take her birth year to be 1650), less than a year after becoming an orange-girl. '", Quoted in Beauclerk, p. 78 from the epilogue to Robert Howard's, According to Dryden's preface to the first printed edition, 1668. In the 18th century, the house became a popular spa, before giving way to development. [26] The King's Company is presumed to have mounted some private theatrical entertainments for the court during this time away from the virulent capital. This play, a tragicomedy written by the theatre's house dramatist, John Dryden, was performed in March 1667. [49] Gwyn's theatrical career spanned seven years and ended at the age of 21 (if we take 1650 to be her birth year). Several of their children went on to become prominent members of society, such as Vere Gwyn is said to have complained that "she had always conveyed free under the Crown, and always would; and would not accept [the house] till it was conveyed free to her by an Act of Parliament." On 17 April 1694 her son Charles Beauclerk married Lady Diana de Vere, daughter and heiress of Aubrey de Vere, the last Earl of Oxford. [47] Their relationship was not strictly adversarial; they were known to get together for tea and cards, for example. Nell survived her royal lover by less than three years. He also gave her a house at 79, Pall Mall, where John Evelyn reported seeing her leaning over her garden wall chaffing her royal lover. What we are witnessing is the abolition of Britain.". Please, if you are going to Gwyn and the other ten "women comedians in His Majesty's Theatre" were issued the right (and the cloth) to wear the King's livery at the start of this exile, proclaiming them official servants of the King. There are blue plaques at 79 Pall Mall, the house Charles II gave Nell to live in, and at the site of Bagnigge House, 61-63 Kings Cross Road. She lived there when the King was in residence at Windsor Castle. A satire of the time describes this and also Hart's position now, in the face of competition from the upper echelons of society: Yet Hart more manners had, then not to tender Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. Complete opposites, Louise was very proud woman of her noble Breton birth, Nell a true child of the London streets, scathingly nicknamed her "Squintabella" and the "Weeping Willow" for her tendencies to weep. There are two stories about how the eldest of her two children by Charles was given the Earldom of Burford, both of which are unverifiable. Her return was in Dryden's The Conquest of Granada, a two-part epic produced in December 1670 and January 1671. It is around this time when she is first mentioned in Pepys' diary, specifically on Monday 3 April 1665, while attending a play, where the description 'pretty, witty Nell' is first recorded. She was a well-known beauty, who became lady of the bedchamber to Caroline of Ansbach, Princess of Wales. WebNell Gwyn Arms of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans: Royal arms of King Charles II debruised by a baton sinister gules charged with three roses argent Charles Beauclerk, 1st The playwright Dryden supplied her with a series of saucy, bustling parts, ideally suited to her talents. She is also believed, by most Gwyn biographers, to have been "low-born". Gwyn gave birth to her second child by the King, christened James, on 25 December 1671. WebTheir descendants adopted the surname de Vere Beauclerk, which is still in use today. went to South .Africa with the 17th Lancers. She is especially remembered for one particularly apt witticism, which was recounted in the memoirs of the Comte de Gramont, remembering the events of 1681: Nell Gwynn was one day passing through the streets of Oxford, in her coach, when the mob mistaking her for her rival, the Duchess of Portsmouth, commenced hooting and loading her with every opprobrious epithet. Gwyn had two sons by King Charles: Charles Beauclerk (16701726) and James Beauclerk (16711680). https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nell-Gwyn-English-actress, BFI Screenonline - Biography of Nell Gwyn, Royal County of Berkshire History - Biography of Nell Gwynne, Nell Gwyn - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up), Charles Beauclerk, 1st duke of Saint Albans. The National Portrait Gallery will NOT use your information to contact you or store for any other purpose than to investigate or display your contribution. She was probably his favourite mistress. She and Gwyn would prove rivals for many years to come. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Nell Gwyns grave is St Martin-in-the-Fields Churchyard, Westminster. There, or in the bawdy house of one Madam Ross, Nell would spend at least some time. I am torn to pieces by their clamours. Spotted an error, information that is missing (a sitters life dates, occupation or family relationships, or a date of portrait for example) or do you know anything that we don't know? The earl, who has made it his short life's work to prove that one of his ancestors, Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, was the real author of Shakespeare's plays, declared: "If Blair gets his way in Britain, then, in the words of Shakespeare, our country 'will be a wilderness again,/Peopled with wolves'. Eleanor Gwyn (2 February 1650 14 November 1687; also spelled Gwynn, Gwynne) was a celebrity figure of the Restoration period. to which Gwyn responded, "Oh, exactly the same relation that the French Prince was to Mademoiselle de Krouaille. During Samuel Pepys's life women were first allowed to take to the stage as professional actresses. For the Daniel Defoe character, see. This appears to be derived from a fragmentary pedigree by Anthony Wood that shows signs of confusion between different Gwyn families and it has not been firmly established. He had 13 children in all by his mistresses. The rivalry between Nell, Lady Castlemaine, Louise de Keroualle and Moll Davies made the King's life difficult at times. Genealogy profile for Thomas Gwyn Genealogy for Thomas Gwyn (deceased) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Friday & Saturday 10:30 - 21:00. Pepys diary for 2 March 1667; spelling and punctuation from Beauclerk, p. 97. [30], After seeing the play for the third time, Pepys writes, "It is impossible to have Florimels part, which is the most comical that ever was made for woman, ever done better than it is by Nelly. Since you've made it this far, we want to assume you're a real, live human. Nell Gwyn had left the stage by this point.[50]. [1] On the other hand, an account published in The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist in 1838 states that she was born about 1642. Just after the death of Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans on 5 January 1684, King Charles granted his son Charles the title of Duke of St Albans, gave him an allowance of 1,000 a year, and also granted him the offices of Chief Ranger of Enfield Chase and Master of the Hawks in reversion; i.e., after the death of the current incumbents.[54]. Her second son, James, Lord Beauclerk (b. It is claimed that there are some two thousand living descendants of King Charles II and Nell Gwyn. Ranging from from dukes to dustmen, they include Samantha Cameron (wife of David Cameron) ! Has anyone traced their family back to Charlie and Nell? Dukes or dustmen can reply. Ranging from from dukes to dustmen, they include Samantha Cameron (wife of David Cameron) ! Please ensure your comments are relevant and appropriate. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. In terms of what we know, records tell that Nell sold 'strong waters' to the punters in her mother's brothel, that she may have been a herring gutter or a street seller and that she sold oranges at the theatre in Drury Lane. Of all the mistresses of Charles II, Nell was the only one beloved by the public. According to the London Encyclopedia (Macmillan, 1983) she "entertained Charles II here with little concerts and breakfasts". Nell Gwynn (c. 16501687) The descendants of Holy Roman Empire monarchies became feeble-minded in the twentieth century, and after World War I had been done in by the democracies; some were kept on to In compliance with one of Gwyn's final requests, Thomas Tenison, the future Archbishop of Canterbury, preached a sermon on 17 December from the text of Luke 15:7 "Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. He was succeeded by his eldest son. In response, Charles created him Earl of Burford. [8] However, her specific connection to that family, if any, is unknown. "[53] A few weeks later, James was given "the title of Lord Beauclerc, with the place and precedence of the eldest son of an earl."[53]. Birth of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans, Death of Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn at Pall Mall, St. Martin's Place, London, Middlesex, England, https://www.geni.com/people/Eleanor-Nell-Gwyn/6000000003949283214?through=6000000000769939369. p. 336. As such, much of this information is founded on hearsay, gossip, and rumour, and must therefore be handled with caution. Her mother Ellen (or a variant, being referred to in her lifetime as "Old Madam", "Madam Gwyn" and "Old Ma Gwyn") was born, according to a monumental inscription, in the parish of St Martin in the Fields, which stretched from Soho and Covent Garden to beyond Mayfair, and is thought to have lived most of her life there in the West End. We'll need your email address so that we can follow up on the information provided and contact you to let you know when your contribution has been published. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled. found in England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Called "pretty, witty Nell" by Pepys, she has been regarded as a living embodiment of the spirit of Restoration England and has come to be considered a folk heroine, with a story echoing the rags-to-royalty tale of Cinderella. It is not out of the question that Gwyn was merely echoing the satirists of the day, if she said this at all. [10] London is the simplest choice, perhaps, since Gwyn's mother was born there and that is where she raised her children. * Notes: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15201653&pid Geni requires JavaScript! Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. The specific details are hard to pin down. she exclaimed, in an imitation of the King's manner of speaking, "but this is the poorest company I ever was in! While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Although he had twelve children - ten of whom were sons - his line ended with a grandson, Sir John Wynn (d.1719) who had no issue. Nell was extremely pretty with long reddish-brown hair and a good figure, reckless but generous and unpretentious, she was known to be illiterate and could only sign her name with her awkwardly scrawled initials "E.G.". 18283, dismisses reported appearances in the late 1670s and early 1680s as non-credible, noting "the publicity that would have attended such a comeback is absent". Page 879 - NELL GWYNN'S DESCENDANTS. Alexander Smith's 1715 Lives of the Court Beauties says she was born in Coal Yard Alley in Covent Garden and other biographies, including Wilson's, have followed suit. login . At the height of the Exclusion Crisis, when the religious feeling was at boiling point, Nell's coach was attacked by an angry mob who mistook her for the Catholic foreign mistress. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family.". 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[4], Nell Gwyn is reported in a manuscript of 1688 to have been a daughter of "Thos [Thomas] Guine a Capt [captain] of ane antient fammilie in Wales", although the reliability of the statement is doubtful as its author does not seem to have hesitated to create or alter details where the facts were unknown or perhaps unremarkable. Nell Gwynn The Players Creative Team Jessica Swale Playwright Christopher Luscombe Director Nigel Hess Music Hugh Durrant Scenic Designer/Costume Designer Greg Hofmann Lighting Designer Stephen Ptacek Sound Designer Wig and Make-up Designer Amber Mak Choreographer Jermaine Hill Music Director Eva Breneman Dialect Coach Bob 'Tis our joint cause; I know you in your hearts You can buy a print of most illustrated portraits. Ch. Yes I understand the line is through the Duke of St Albans. Charles is known to have denied paternity of her second son who was born in 1663, but Barbara, renowned for her furious temper, stamped her foot shouting "God damn me, but you shall own it!" Charles II had been restored to the English throne in 1660 and quickly reinstated the theatre. Possibly, Gwyn's father had served in the same company, and Gwyn's partthe company whorewas based on her own mother. "Od's fish!" RootsChat.com cannot be held responsible directly or indirectly for the messages or content posted by others. [24], It was in the new form of restoration comedy that Gwyn would become a star. What shall I do to please the People of England? On 17 April 1694 he married Lady Diana de Vere, daughter and sole heiress[2] of Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford. WebFamous quotes containing the words nell gwyn, descendants of, child, descendants and/or england: Shall the dog lie where the deer once crouched? I suspect they loved each other. This work presents the story of her A few weeks later, James was given "the title of Lord Beauclerc, with the place and precedence of the eldest son of an earl." His descendant [37] Pepys reports that by 22 August 1667, Gwyn had returned to the King's Playhouse in The Indian Emperour. It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail! Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Her father, according to tradition, died in a debtors prison at Oxford during Nells infancy. Moreover, Wood did not give a forename for the supposed grandfather of Nell and there are reasons to think that the "Dr Gwyn" in the pedigree was intended to be not Edmund Gwyn but rather his brother Matthew. The circumstances of the child's life in Paris and the cause of his death are both unknown, one of the few clues being that he died "of a sore leg", which Beauclerk speculates could mean anything from an accident to poison. [55] At the same time, James applied pressure on Gwyn and her son Charles to convert to Roman Catholicism, something she resisted. We use cookies to ensure you have the best browsing experience and to help us improve our website. [citation needed] The work exposed her to multiple aspects of theatre life and to London's higher society: this was after all "the King's playhouse", and Charles frequently attended performances. It would be interesting (says the "Westminster Gazette") to know precisely how many descendants of Nell Gwynne (the celebrated actress and favourite of Charles II. When the King died in 1685 Nells creditors descended upon her she never did starve, but was in grave danger of being sent to a Debtors prison. She appealed to King James and to his credit, he settled her immediate debts and gave her a pension of 1500 a year. Ancestors Daughter of Leland Giddens Gwynn and Dellia Lucille (Pierce) Gwynn "[31] Killigrew must have agreed with Pepys's opinion. Dryden later wrote plays specifically to exploit her talents as a comic actress. This was the first of many appearances in which Gwyn and Hart played the "gay couple", a form that would become a frequent theme in restoration comedies. In May 1665, she appeared opposite Hart in James Howard's comedy All Mistaken, or the Mad Couple. George Wynne from the Welsh Gwydir family had been appointed draper to Queen Elizabeth. In response, Charles created him Earl of Burford. Her funeral drew a large audience for the last time, the funeral sermon was preached by Thomas Tenison, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury. It's quite possible, though we will never know for sure. Her mother was drowned in a pond at Chelsea, probably while drunk, in July 1679. Charles Beauclerk (pronounced boh-clair) was created Earl of Burford and later Duke of St Albans. Its production had had to be postponed for some months while the theatre awaited her return after the birth of her first son. 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