Individual Details
Eleanora Georgiana Purdue PIERSON
(Abt 1839 - 1898)
AKA Elenora Hope Pierson.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1839 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 11 Oct 1880 | stood trial - the Court of General Quarter Session, Dover, Kent |  | ||
| Marriage | 14 Jul 1883 | St James The Less, Thorndike Street, Westminster, Middlesex - Cdr Edmund Marmaduke DAYRELL RN | |||
| Residence | 14 Jul 1883 | Chiswick, London, Middlesex | |||
| Residence (family) | 25 Jul 1887 | 45, Philbeach Gardens, Middlesex - Cdr Edmund Marmaduke DAYRELL RN | |||
| Separation | 26 Jul 1887 | Cdr Edmund Marmaduke DAYRELL RN | | ||
| Residence | 5 Aug 1887 | 45, Philbeach Gardens, Middlesex | |||
| Divorce | 23 Mar 1888 | Cdr Edmund Marmaduke DAYRELL RN | | ||
| Death | 1898 | Marylebone, London | |
Families
| Spouse | Cdr Edmund Marmaduke DAYRELL RN (1835 - 1909) |
Notes
Miscellaneous
Elenora Hope Pierson stood trial for one count of larcenysimple and three counts of obtaining goods under false pretenses. She was sentenced to 18 months of hard labour.Separation
Edmund left his wife Eleanora at the family home on the advice of his son-in-law Arthur Hepburn Hastie, who was acting as his solicitor. Lumley & Lumley Solicitors of 37, Conduit Street were acting for Elenora.Divorce
This was Edmund's Petition -Elenora was not married to a gentleman named Hope and that she had two illegitimate daughters that she described as her sisters. She had been imprisoned in Dover for 18 months hard labour for robbery and fraud in the name of Eleanor Hope Pearson. On release from prison Eleanor opened what was purported to be a registry for servants in Mortimer Street, Regent Street where she occupied rooms and lived a life of prostitution. After the marriage she stole some diamonds, a diamond cross and a pair of opera glasses. This theft she alleged was carried out by Edmund's eldest daughter and his son. Edmund describes his wife as an impure and dishonest woman.
Eleanora's Petition was that Edmund witheld her conjugal rights.