Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey his "wife", Maria Fitzherbert, with whom he had undergone a form of marriage in a clandestine Church of England ceremony that all parties to it knew was invalid under the Royal Marriages Act 1772. Having encouraged the Prince of Wales to marry his first cousin, Caroline of Brunswick in 1794, Lady Jersey nevertheless set out to make Caroline's life difficult. However, the now Princess of Wales (Caroline) had very little regard for George IV, nor he for her, and after the birth of their child, they lived apart during their twenty-five year marriage, leaving a void Frances and other mistresses,
19th-century London and other kiln-fired tiles became popular facings for buildings in the 1880's and 1890's, because they resisted soot and damp and also provided much-welcome color to buildings that were otherwise drab. Many famous buildings and landmarks of London were constructed during the 19th century including: 19th-century London This article covers the 19th century history of London, during which it grew enormously to become a global city of immense importance, and the capital of the British Empire, fed by immigrants from the colonies and refugees from conflicts and famines. It was the largest city in the world from about 1825, the