OLIVIA See also:

• OLIVIA SERRES (1772-1834)

SERRES (1772-1834)  , an See also:

• ENGLISH

English impostor, who claimed the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Princess See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

Olive of See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• WARWICK
• WARWICK, EARLS OF
• WARWICK, RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, EARL OF (1382—1439)
• WARWICK, RICHARD NEVILLE, EARL OF (1428—1471)
• WARWICK, SIR PHILIP (1609-1683)
• WARWICK, SIR ROBERT RICH, 2ND EARL OF (1587–1658)

Warwick on the 3rd of See also:

• APRIL

April 1772 . She was the daughter of See also:

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

Robert See also:

• WILMOT
• WILMOT, DAVID (1814-1868)

Wilmot, a See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house-painter in that See also:

• TOWN

town, who subsequently moved to See also:

• LONDON

London . In 1791 she married her See also:

• DRAWING

drawing-See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, 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:

• 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:

• SERRES, OLIVIA (1772-1834)

Serres (1759-1825), marine painter to See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George III., but in 1804 separated from him . She then devoted herself to See also:

• PAINTING

painting and literature, producing a novel, some poems and a memoir of her See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, the Rev . Dr Wilmot, in which she endeavoured to prove that he was the author of the Letters of See also:

• JUNIUS
• JUNIUS, FRANZ (in French, Francois du Jon)

Junius . In 1817, in a See also:

• PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

petition to George III., she put forward a claim to be the natural daughter of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick, See also:

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

duke of Cumberland, 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's See also:

• BROTHER

brother, and in 182o, after the See also:

• DEATH

death of George III., claimed to be the duke's legitimate daughter . In a memorial to George IV. she assumed the title of Princess Olive of Cumberland, placed the royal arms on her See also:

• CARRIAGE

carriage and dressed her servants in the royal liveries . Her See also:

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

story represented that her See also:

• MOTHER

mother was the issue of a See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage between Dr Wilmot and the princess See also:

• PONIATOWSKI
• PONIATOWSKI, JOSEPH ANTHONY (1763-1813)

Poniatowski, See also:

• SISTER

sister of See also:

• STANISLAUS

Stanislaus, king of See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland, and that she had married the duke of Cumberland in 1767 at the London house of a nobleman . She herself, ten days after her See also:

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

birth, was, she alleged, taken from her mother, and substituted for the still-born 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 Robert Wilmot . Mrs Serres's claim was supported by documents, and she See also:

• BORE

bore sufficient resemblance to her alleged See also:

• FATHER

father to be able to impose on the numerous class of persons to whom any See also:

• ITEM (a Latin adverb meaning " also," " likewise ")

item of so-called secret See also:

• HISTORY

history is attractive . In 1823 See also:

• SIR

Sir Robert See also:

• PEEL
• PEEL, ARTHUR WELLESLEY PEEL, 1ST VISCOUNT (1829- )
• PEEL, SIR ROBERT, BART

Peel, then See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

Home Secretary, speaking in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, declared her claims unfounded, and her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband, who had never given her pretensions any support, expressly denied his belief in them in his will . Mrs Serres died on the 21st of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1834, leaving two daughters .

The eldest, who married Antony Ryves, a portrait painter, upheld her mother's claims and styled herself Princess Lavinia of Cumberland . In 1866 she took her See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case into See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, producing all the documents on which her mother had relied, but the See also:

• JURY

jury, without waiting to hear the conclusion of the reply for the See also:

• CROWN

crown, unanimously declared the signatures to be forgeries . Mrs Serres's pretensions were probably the result of an absurd vanity . Between 1807 and 1815 she had managed to make the acquaintance of some members of the Royal See also:

• FAMILY

family, and from this 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 onwards seems to have been obsessed with the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of raising herelf, at all See also:

• COSTS

costs, to their social level . The See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale once invented, she brooded so continuously over it that she probably ended by believing it herself . See W . J . Thorns, Hannah See also:

• LIGHT

Light See also:

• FOOT

foot, and Dr Wilmot's See also:

• POLISH

Polish Princess (London, 1867) ; Princess of Cumberland's Statement to the English Nation; See also:

• ANNUAL

Annual See also:

• REGISTER

Register (1866), Case of Ryves v. the See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

Attorney-See also:

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

General .