On 27 March 1872, the Hampshire Advertiser reported that "Sir Charles Mordaunt ....has served notices upon all his 'union' tenants to give up possession of their cottages at Walton and Wellesbourne".
[2] Mordaunt was also behind a meeting where 100 farmers agreed to discharge any labourers that so much as joined the union, reported on 13 April 1872 in the Leamington and Warwickshire Chronicle.
While Mordaunt hunted, fished, or sat in Parliament, she entertained numerous lovers, including the Prince and several of his aristocratic friends.
She was incarcerated in various rented houses and after some weeks either broke down or agreed to feign madness: smashing plates, eating coal, howling and crawling.
The case was brought to court and the Prince of Wales was called as a witness; he admitted visiting Lady Mordaunt but nothing further was proved.