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The Manor of Alderton 3 rd edition
Things went from bad to worse, for under the headline ‘Delicate Discovery’, it
was soon reported that Lady Caroline Neeld had recently been taken ill and
delivered of ‘a little stranger’, much to the consternation and humiliation of her
husband of four months. It further alleged that she had had an affair with a
Guards officer shortly before their wedding, was entitled under their marriage
settlement to £10,000 a year in the event of a separation, for whatever reason,
and that Neeld, whom the authors would not have thought was ‘overencumbered
with brains, were we not assured to the contrary’, had been
thoroughly imposed upon 414 .
After only a short time the couple removed to 6 Grosvenor Square, the Neeld
London home. Joseph moved into Coulston’s Hotel nearby and threatened to sell
the house and even went so far as to order a broker to value the things and
“stuck up a Bill to Let with his own hand” 415
In June of 1832 it was reported 416 that the couple were separated or about to
separate 417 and in the same month Lady Caroline brought suit against Joseph
for "restoration of conjugal rights" claiming that he had left her after two
months; on 14 th July Joseph was ordered by the court to take her back. At a
meeting that evening at Coulston’s Hotel Joseph reluctantly agreed that he had
no option but to allow Caroline's return but presented her with a statement
specifying the terms on which they were to live 418 . Joseph made sure these
conditions were known to his acquaintances 419
414 The Satirist 8 May 1831
415 Jackson, JE (unknown, after 1856) Mss WANHS box 120 Mss 1298
416 Baddeni, J (1966) Wiltshire Forefathers p69 In the Morning Herald
417 The separation may well have already taken place, although the length of time the
two were together is not certain. Melhuish (1979? Ibid) suggests 4 days, but no
evidence is presented, whereas Badeni (1966 ibid) mentions a fortnight's honeymoon.
418 See Badeni J (1966) ibid pp 70-71 for a copy of the letter.
419 Jackson, JE ibid . The copy of the letter Jackson reports seeing was sent to the
Rev C G Coles of Stanton. Jackson felt that this was all very proper – “Mr Neeld’s
letters were throughout most kindly and properly expressed and he was perfectly
justified in all that he did”
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