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The Seduction of Benedict Arthur

The Seduction of Benedict Arthur

Paperback

Series: Donabate and Portrane History, Book 4

Historical Figures

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ISBN10: 1914348044
ISBN13: 9781914348044
Publisher: Fingal County Council
Published: Oct 21 2021
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Benedict Arthur was just seventeen when he wed Catherine Hacket. She was at least thirty-eight. The year was 1712 and the allegations of seduction and abduction that followed their secret marriage would lead to a famously bitter legal battle that would take almost two decades to resolve. Unable to divorce, it would not be until Catherine's death, in 1749, that Benedict could finally legitimise his mistress and children and move them into the magnificent Palladian villa that he had built on the shores of the Broadmeadow Estuary, close to the village of Donabate. This is the story of the origins of Seafield House, and how the Arthurs of Great Cabragh became the Arthurs of Seafield.

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