Sheila Chisholm was referred to in the papers of the day asa notable Australian socialite. In Cairo in 1915, she met FrancisEdward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine, formally known as Lord Loughborough. They married on the 27th December 1915 and Sheila became Lady Loughborough.

The fake lord at Hadley's Orient Hotel Hobart:
A colourful character the hotel saw through its doors
was Lord Lymington, but not all was as it seemed.
"This was a guest who checked in and announced himself
very proudly to be Lord Lymington and he was apparently very charming and influential. But it all happened to be a case of false identity — he wasn't a lord at all. He had completely made up this story to escape and elope with another woman even though he was already married with nine children. He got a very special seat at the Theatre Royal and got treated very well for a while."
The fake lord got away with it for a few days. After some investigations, he was caught out and had to
stand trial facing charges of wife desertion.

Berkely Basil Reylonds Moreton emigrated to Australia in 1855. He became the 4th Earl of Ducie in 1921.

The fake lord at Hadley's Orient Hotel Hobart

A colourful character the hotel saw through its doorswas Lord Lymington, but not all was as it seemed.

"This was a guest who checked in and announced himselfvery proudly to be Lord Lymington and he was apparently very charming and influential. But it all happened to be a case of false identity — he wasn't a lord at all. He had completely made up this story to escape and elope with another woman even though he was already married with nine children. He got a very special seat at the Theatre Royal and got treated very well for a while."

The fake lord got away with it for a few days. After some investigations, he was caught out and had tostand trial facing charges of wife desertion.

George Longmore stated that his wife duped him when he filed for divorce in Nov 1938.

In St Michael’s Church in Deniliquin there are a number of stain glass memorials. One of these was dedicated to Theodore Perrignon from his mother.

Who was Theodore Perrignon and what was his connection to Deniliquin?

Harcourt Frederick Payne was in fact Annie Payne – Annie hid her gender for 51 years and married twice!

On the 24 July 1880, John Greer shot his wife, Annice, Annice’s lover M. A. Louis Soudry and himself at the Melbourne Opera House. He died a few days later while his wife and her lover survived.

Margaret Vyner was an Australian-born actress, model anddramatist from the 1930s until the 1950s when she teamed up with her husband to write plays, some that became very successful.

Acknowledgment to https://forgottenaustralianactresses.com/2019/09/24/margaret-vyner-a-very-modern-australian-woman/which gave a good grounding of Margaret to present this episode

On the 24 July 1880 John Greer shot his wife, Annice,Annice’s lover M. A. Louis Soudry and himself at the Melbourne Opera House. He died a few days later while his wife and her lover survived.