Lady Elizabeth Hervey, "Bess", was the sister of Mary Hervey, who married John Creighton, the First Earl of Erne'. Bess became notorious as the live-in companion of both Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire and also of Georgiana's husband the Duke of Devonshire after leaving her husband John Vere Foster in 1781.
In that same year Mary Hervey left John Creighton and the two sisters lived for a short period in Bath with an aunt. It was in Bath that Bess and Mary became acquainted with Georgiana.
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