Middleton Ball

The Middleton Ball was an event held at Middleton House on the evening of Saturday the 11th May to celebrate the wedding of Thomas Sterne and Miss Rebecca Garrison. Due to the scandal (real or perceived) of the Captain's marriage to a governess, it was more sparsely attended than might have been expected.

Guests

• Lady Jane Middleton
• Colonel Alfred Sterne
• Captain Thomas Sterne
• Mrs Rebecca Sterne (nee Garrison]]
• Anthony Dunford, Duke of Claitonborough
• Aubrey Sayre, Baron Hunstanton
• George Hackett, Lord Selwyn
• Catherine McAvoy, Lady Kirkfries
• Captain Stephen Brydges
• Lady Viola Fitzgerald
• Madeleine Fitzgerald, Lady Rotherham
• Miss Honoria Bartram
• Marcus Fairmont, Lord Foxford
• Sir Phillip Vaudrey

Notable Events

During the course of the evening, Mrs Selina Clare entered the ballroom, uninvited, confronting both the groom (her recent lover) and then, later, the bride.

Threads

• Conversations held past midnight
• Hell hath no fury
• It's winter now I waken
• King of the Castle
• Once more... unto the breeches
• Shiny and New
• Spinsters united
• Thank you for being a friend
• The Age of Innocence
• The Wife and the Mistress
• When the Night Has Come