George St John, 3rd Viscount Bolingbroke
George Richard St John, 3rd Viscount Bolingbroke and 4th Viscount St John (5 March 1761 – 11 December 1824), styled The Honourable from birth until 1787, was a British peer and politician. He became famous in his own lifetime for embarking on an extra-marital relationship with his own half-sister, Mary Beauclerk (his mother's daughter by her second marriage), that produced four sons. The two lovers had to leave England and live on the continent for a time.
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Famous quotes containing the words george, viscount and/or bolingbroke:
“Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge.”
—British proverb, George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.”
—William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (1779–1848)
“Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.”
—Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke (1678–1751)