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,
Mary Robinson (clipper) Mary Robinson (clipper) Mary Robinson was an 1854 medium clipper in the San Francisco, India, and the guano trades. She was known for having spent an entire month attempting to round Cape Horn in bad weather. "Mary Robinson" made six voyages, from Boston to New York and then to San Francisco. In 1864, "Mary" ran her fastest run in 115 days. She was accompanied by "Carrier Dove" off Cape Horn on this trip, and beat "Carrier Dove" to San Francisco by 18 days. On her maiden run, "Mary Robinson" was not as fortunate. She spent 30 days rounding Cape Horn