Elizabeth Ussher
- Marriage: Rev. I. St George Williams
Notes:
Info from http://thepeerage.com/p33415.htm#i334146
From; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usher/usherirl/docs/UssherLine.doc;
William IV was very fond of Sir Thomas Ussher, who was his Equerry for some time. His two daughters were remarkable for their beauty. An amusing anecdote is told of the youngest daughter and the "Sailor King". "At the first Drawingroom held by Queen Adelaide and William the Fourth after their coronation, Miss E. Ussher was presented, as a matter of course, although already well known to the King, while he was Duke of Clarence, owing to his friendship of many years standing with her father. At the moment of presentation, however, some hesitation occurred owing to a slight informality, as Lord James O'Brien was handing her forward. At this the King, in his hearty stentorian voice, called out, "Is that Bessy Ussher? God bless her! Why I've known here since she was a baby!" And a hearty and resounding kiss, planted on either cheek of the blushing girl, gave ample testimony to the sincerity of his declaration and the vigour of his regard."
Elizabeth married Rev. I. St George Williams.
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