Friday, 24 October 2008

William Beckford of Fonthill Abbey (2 children)


Another writer, William Beckford of Fonthill Abbey (1760-1844) married and had two children, Margaret and Susan. Like Oscar Wilde and some others in this list, he left Britain because of a homosexual scandal. His descendants include Prince Albert of Monaco, the late Egon von Furstenberg, the late Princess Orietta Doria-Pamphilj and many noble and ordinary families of the world.