June 16, 2011

On fidelity

Best hopefully true fact from wikipedia today:
Allegedly, the Marquess [Cornwallis] had "expressed to the Duchess of Gordon some hesitation about marrying her daughter on account of the supposed insanity in the Gordon family, he received from the Duchess the gratifying assurance that there was not a drop of Gordon blood in Louisa."


British noblemen are apparently interchangeable.

1 comment:

Chris Ford said...

Everyone knows that the British landed classes are always a product of someone else's sperm.