NELL [ELEANOR] See also:

• NELL [ELEANOR] GWYN (1650-1687)

GWYN (1650-1687)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English actress, and See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II., was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 2nd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 165o/r, probably in an See also:

• ALLEY (from the Fr. allee, a walk)

alley off See also:

• DRURY, SIR WILLIAM (1527-1579)

Drury See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane, See also:

• LONDON

London, although See also:

• HEREFORD

Hereford also claims to have been her birthplace . Her See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• GWYN, NELL [ELEANOR] (1650-1687)

Gwyn, appears to have been a broken-down soldier of a See also:

• FAMILY

family of Welsh origin . Of her See also:

• MOTHER

mother little is known See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save that she lived for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time with her daughter, and that in 1679 she was drowned, apparently when intoxicated, in a See also:

• POND
• POND, JOHN (c. 1767-1836)

pond at See also:

• CHELSEA

Chelsea . Nell Gwyn, who sold oranges in the precincts of Drury Lane See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre, passed, at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fifteen, to the boards, through the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the actor Charles See also:

• HART, ALBERT BUSHNELL (1854– )
• HART, CHARLES (d. 1683)
• HART, ERNEST ABRAHAM (1835–1898)
• HART, SIR ROBERT
• HART, WILLIAM (1823–1894)

Hart and of See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• DUNCAN
• DUNCAN, ADAM DUNCAN, 1ST VISCOUNT (1731-1804)
• DUNCAN, PETER MARTIN (1824-1891)
• DUNCAN, THOMAS (1807—1845)

Duncan or Dungan, an officer of the See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

guards who had See also:

• INTEREST

interest with the management: Her first recorded See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance on the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage was in 1665 as Cydaria, Montezuma's daughter, in See also:

• DRYDEN, JOHN (1631-1700)

Dryden's See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

Emperor, a serious See also:

• PART

part See also:

• ILL

ill-suited to her . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year she was See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Wealthy in the Hon . See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• HOWARD (FAMILY)
• HOWARD, CATHERINE (d. 1542)
• HOWARD, JOHN (1726-1790)
• HOWARD, LORD WILLIAM (1563–1640)
• HOWARD, OLIVER OTIS (1830-19o9)
• HOWARD, SIR ROBERT (1626–1698)

Howard's See also:

• COMEDY

comedy The English See also:

• MONSIEUR (Fr., formed from men, my, and sieur, lord)

Monsieur . See also:

• PEPYS, SAMUEL (1633-1703)

Pepys was delighted with the playing of " See also:

• PRETTY

pretty, witty Nell," but when he saw her as Florimel in Dryden's See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

Secret Love, or the See also:

• MAIDEN, or MAID

Maiden See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen, he wrote " so See also:

• GREAT

great a performance of a comical part was never, I believe, in the See also:

• WORLD

world before " and, " so done by Nell her merry part as cannot be better done in nature " (See also:

• DIARY

Diary, See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 25, 1667) . Her success brought her other leading roles—Bellario, in See also:

• BEAUMONT
• BEAUMONT, BELMONT, or BELLOMONT
• BEAUMONT, CHRISTOPHE DE (1703-1781)
• BEAUMONT, SIR JOHN (1583–1627)

Beaumont and See also:

• FLETCHER, ALICE CUNNINGHAM (1845– )
• FLETCHER, ANDREW
• FLETCHER, GILES (c. 1548-1611)
• FLETCHER, GILES (c. 1584-1623)
• FLETCHER, JOHN WILLIAM (1729-1785)
• FLETCHER, PHINEAS (1582-1650)

Fletcher's Philaster; See also:

• FLORA

Flora, in See also:

• RHODES
• RHODES, CECIL JOHN (1853-1902)
• RHODES, JAMES FORD

Rhodes's Flora's Vagaries; Samira, in See also:

• SIR

Sir Robert Howard's Surprisal; and she remained a member of the Drury Lane See also:

• COMPANY

company until 1669, playing continuously save for a brief See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence in the summer of 1667 when she° lived at See also:

• EPSOM

Epsom as the mistress of See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Buckhurst, afterwards ' 6th See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• DORSET, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF

Dorset (q.v.) . Her last appearance was as Almahide to the Almanzor of Hart, in Dryden's The See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest of See also:

• GRANADA
• GRANADA, LUIS DE (1504-1588)

Granada (167o), the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of which had been postponed some months for her return to the stage after the See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth of her first son by the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king . As an actress Nell Gwyn was largely indebted to Dryden, whoseems to' have made a See also:

• SPECIAL

special study of her See also:

• AIRY, SIR GEORGE BIDDELL (1801-1892)

airy, irresponsible See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality, and who kept her supplied with parts which suited her . She excelled in the delivery of the risky prologues and epilogues which were the See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion, and the poet wrote for her some specially daring examples . It was, however, as the mistress of Charles II. that she endeared herself to the public .

Partly, no doubt, her popularity was due to the disgust inspired by her See also:

• RIVAL

rival, See also:

• LOUISE [AUGUSTE WILHELMINE AMALIE LUISE] (1776-1810)

Louise de Keroualle, duchess of See also:

• PORTSMOUTH
• PORTSMOUTH, EARLS OF
• PORTSMOUTH, LOUISE DE

Portsmouth, and to the fact that, while the Frenchwoman was a See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic, she was a See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant . But very largely it was the result of exactly those See also:

• PERSONAL

personal qualities that appealed to the monarch himself.' She was piquante rather than pretty, See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short of stature, and her See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief beauty was her reddish-See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair . She was illiterate, and with difficulty scrawled an awkward E . G. at the bottom of her letters, written for her by others . But her See also:

• FRANK, JAKOB (1726-1791)

frank recklessness, her generosity, her invariable See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper, her ready wit, her infectious high See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits and amazing indiscretions appealed irresistibly to a See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation which welcomed in her the living See also:

• ANTITHESIS (the Greek for " setting opposite ")

antithesis of See also:

• PURITANISM (Lat. puritas, purity)

Puritanism . " A true See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child of the London streets," she never pretended to be See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior to what she was, nor to interfere in matters outside the special See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere assigned her; she made no ministers, she appointed to no bishoprics, and for the high issues of See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international politics she had no concern . She never forgot her old See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, and, as far as is known, remained faithful to her royal See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover from the beginning of their intimacy to his See also:

• DEATH

death, and, after his death, to his memory . Of her two sons by the king, the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder was created See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Hedington and earl of See also:

• BURFORD

Burford and subsequently See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of St Albans; the younger, James, Lord Beauclerk, died in 168o, while still a boy . The king's death-See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request to his See also:

• BROTHER

brother, " Let not poor Nelly starve," was faithfully carried out by James II., who paid her debts from the Secret Service fund, provided her with other moneys, and settled on her an See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate with reversion to the duke of St Albans . But she did not See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long survive her lover's death . She died in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1687, and was buried on the 17th, according to her own request, in the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of St See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin-in-the-See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

Fields, her funeral See also:

• SERMON (Lat. sermo, a discourse)

sermon being preached by the See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar, Thomas See also:

• TENISON, THOMAS (1636-1715)

Tenison, afterwards See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury, who said " much to her praise." Tradition credits the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of Chelsea See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital to her influence over the king . See See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter See also:

• CUNNINGHAM, ALEXANDER (c.1655-173o)
• CUNNINGHAM, ALLAN (1784-1842)
• CUNNINGHAM, WILLIAM (1805-1861)

Cunningham, The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

Story of Nell Gwyn, edited by See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon See also:

• GOODWIN, JOHN (c. 1594–1665)
• GOODWIN, NATHANIEL CARL (1857– )
• GOODWIN, THOMAS (1600-168o)
• GOODWIN, WILLIAM WATSON (1831– )

Goodwin (1903); Waldron's edition of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• DOWNES [D(o)UNAEUS], ANDREW (c. 1549-1628)

Downes's Roscius Anglicanus (1789); Osmund Airy, Charles II .

(1904); Pepys, Diary; See also:

• EVELYN, JOHN (1620-1706)

Evelyn, Diary and See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

Correspondence; Origin and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, edited by See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General G . Hutt (1872); See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of the See also:

• LIFE

Life of Eleanor Gwinn (1752) ; See also:

• BURNET
• BURNET, GILBERT (1643-1715)
• BURNET, THOMAS (1635-1715)

Burnet, History of My Own Time, part i., edited by Osmund Airy (See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, 1897) ; Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth, by H . Forneron, translated by Mrs See also:

• CRAWFORD, EARLS OF
• CRAWFORD, FRANCIS MARION (1854–1909)
• CRAWFORD, THOMAS (1814–1857)
• CRAWFORD, WILLIAM HARRIS (1772–1834)

Crawford (1887) .