Excerpt from Mrs. Fitzherbert and George IV Maria fitzherbert was born on July 26, I7 56, in the latter part of the reign of George II. She was the eldest child Of Walter Smythe, second son of Sir John Smythe, Baronet, of Eshe Hall, Durham, and of Acton Bumell Park, Shropshire, by his marriage with Mary, the daughter of John Errington of Red Rice, Andover, Hampshire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.