Whatever happened with Lady Mordaunt

This beautiful lady was part of one of the hugest scandals in the Victorian Britain. Lady Mourdant was accused in 1870 of adultery, the jugde said she was insane ("Sex Crazy") and was sent to an asylum for the rest of her days (1906). Its said she was mistress of Edward, then prince of Wales, who was witness in the trial against her (tho it wasnt proved that he had more than an "innocent flirt" with her).Harriet (lady Mourdant) had a baby girl in 1869, from her relationship with Lowry Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen. The girl was born blind and Lady Mordaunt blamed her daughter`s affliction to a venereal disease. Just when baby Violet was born she confesed her infidelities, not only with Bertie, but with another man...daily and often

Material for a intense novel, no?

Sources

The Telegraph

New York Times