George Augustus Selwyn^{[1, 2, 3]}

1719 - 1791  (72 years)

• Name	George Augustus Selwyn
  Born	1719
  Gender	Male
  Education	Eton Oxford
  Occupation	Wit Gambler
  Died	1791
  Age	72 years
  Person ID	I97	Curtis Hayward
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	John Selwyn, Colonel,   b. 20 Aug 1688, Scadbury Park, Kent, England ,   d. 5 Nov 1751, Matson  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Mary ffarringdon,   b. 1690, Matson, Glouc., Eng. ,   d. 6 Nov 1777, Matson, Gloucester, England  (Age 87 years)
  Married	1708
  Family ID	F43	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Sent down for celebrating Holy communion pretending to be Christ. On 25/5 after a drinking session. Partial to little girls especially Mie-Mie daughter of his friend the Duke of Queensbury and an Italian Marchioness  Mlle Fagniani He left her £33 000 she later travelled on the continent with her lover and figured in Vanity Fair as Marchioness of Steyne Interested in death and executions. Was present in Paris at the torture and death of Damiens who had made an attempt on life of Louis XV On deayh of older brother became wit bon viveur and gambler. Represented Gloucester for some years. After his father and his brother's death in 1751 settled the entail of the Gloucester estate on Mr Townsend's male heirs his nephew in law. For an account of George and his father : see" George Selwyn and his contemporaries" by John Heneage Jesse, new edition, 3 vols London: Bickers & son 1882 [2] Portrait described in Inventory possibly given to Winchester College by Tim Heywood as "Insurance policy for sons acceptance." Was painted by Reynolds. Always looked sleepy which enhanced his jokes as though they came from nowhere. Probably bi-sexual but not a lot of evidence Instructed that all his letters be destroyed

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] From jotting about the Hayward family by the Rev W. winstone Curtis Hayward 1888. (Reliability: 0). [S8] The age of scandal T.H. White (Reliability: 0). [S20] Inventory of effects of Quedgely House compiled by Harrods 1928. Portraits in Dining Room. (Reliability: 0).