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Grace Dalrymple, Lady Elliott war eine schottische Kurtisane, die in Paris Augenzeugin der Französischen Revolution wurde. Sie war die Mätresse des späteren Königs Georg IV. und des Herzogs von Orléans.
Grace Dalrymple Elliott (c. 1754 – 16 May 1823) was a Scottish courtesan, writer and spy resident in Paris during the French Revolution. She was an eyewitness to events detailed in her memoirs, Journal of my life during the French Revolution (Ma Vie sous la Révolution) published posthumously in 1859.
12. Mai 2019 · Her reputation in ruins, Grace Elliott – she always used a double “t” in her signature to differentiate herself from her former husband – was sent to France and another convent by her family, but in Paris to view the Pantheon she met another aristocrat, this time the English Lord Cholmondeley.
13. Sept. 2016 · The infamous eighteenth-century courtesan Grace Dalrymple Elliott’s birth has not been recorded, but she was certainly born in Scotland, most likely in Edinburgh around 1754.
Grace Elliott (sometimes spelled Elliot or Eliot) lived from about 1755 to 16 May 1823. She was a famous society beauty and courtesan who witnessed at first hand the French Revolution. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
9. Okt. 2023 · The story of Grace Dalrymple Elliott (about 1754 – 1823) deserves to be told simply because she was one of the most fascinating women of her time, who survived the Reign of Terror in France after the Revolution.
12. Mai 2017 · In 1789, the French Revolution broke out when the Bastille was stormed on 14 July, and a few days later, Grace Dalrymple Elliott found herself in danger. Joseph Foullon de Doué (an unpopular French politician and a Controller-General of Finances under Louis XVI) had been murdered by revolutionaries on the 22nd of July.
