Background
Born in the 1770s, most likely, she was the daughter of Costanza Brusati, the Italian Marchesa Fagnani, and of either -.
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Maria Emilia Fagnani
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Possible paternity Maria was illegitimate. William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry (1724–1810), who was famously detested by Robert Burns. George Selwyn (1719–1791), a prominent Tory and lover of Grace Elliott.
George Selwyn"s butler.
Both Queensberry and Selwyn believed themselves to be her father and left her very large legacies. Marriage On 18 May 1798, Maria married Francis Seymour-Conway, Earl of Yarmouth (1777–1842), the son of the 2nd Marquess of Hertford and Isabella Ingram-Shepheard.
When of the United Kingdom was insane, he announced that he was going to take Lady Yarmouth as his mistress. The Marquess inherited his title in 1822.
He died in 1842. The dowager Marchioness died in 1856 in Paris.
Membership
He was also a member of the Satanic Hellfire Club.
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Italy