Talk:Anne Horton

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She was never "Lady Anne Horton" or "Lady Anne Luttrell", as her father was not created Earl of Carhampton until after her marriage to the Duke of Cumberland. Opera hat (talk) 13:06, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * WRONG. DBD 08:27, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Would you care to expand on that? She married the Duke on 2 October 1771 . The Viscount Carhampton was created Earl of Carhampton on 23 June 1785 . That means that at the time of her marriage she was The Hon. Mrs Christopher Horton. Opera hat (talk) 20:25, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Wow, someone looks a fool. And it's me. Good spot mate! DBD 10:39, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

The Duke of Grafton's Mrs Houghton

 * What does "rather loose with her favours" mean? Is it possible to be more specific? This is meant to be an encyclopedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.240.61.2 (talk) 05:55, 30 October 2009 (UTC)


 * It means "promiscuous", but it doesn't imply that the promiscuity extended to frank sexual intercourse. Since we don't know for certain if Walpole meant that she was having sex with these men - Johnson called him a prig, so he might have meant it in another way - "promiscuous" might not be the correct word. The phrase "loose with her favours" is standard English and has been for centuries; I'm surprised you haven't, er, come across it. --NellieBly (talk) 06:06, 30 October 2009 (UTC)


 * It's archaic English and it reads like Victorian prudery. If that's what's meant here then it should be spelled out.  If it's a direct quote from Walpole then it should be in quote marks. --Jfruh (talk) 15:48, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

I've removed the sentence altogether as it referred to a different person: the Duke of Grafton's mistress Nancy Parsons, previously the mistress of West India merchant Horton or Houghton. Opera hat (talk) 12:16, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

"Dispute with his parents"
The article says: "The house became an alternative court as the Duke was in open dispute with his parents." Should this read "brother"? His father died 20 years before his marriage, and his mother only a few months afterwards, and his brother was king during this period. --Jfruh (talk) 00:44, 22 January 2023 (UTC)