Henry St John, 5th Viscount Bolingbroke

[3] After inheriting the title, Henry did not return to the family seat at Lydiard Park, Wiltshire, but preferred to stay in London.

Although the couple never married, they masqueraded as Mr and Mrs Morgan, and for over thirty years lived at various addresses in London and Brighton.

After this Henry moved back to Lydiard Park and after meeting Mary Elizabeth Emily Howard, a young servant girl, installed her as his housekeeper.

The child was stillborn, but three years later she gave birth to a boy, who was christened Vernon Henry St John, the only legitimate heir to the title.

In order to 'legitimise' his children so that the eldest son could inherit the title, he tried to pass them off as the offspring of his non-existent marriage to Ellen Medex.