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{{Template: Infobox Younger Son
|name = William Gosling
|image = [[File:Will_Gosling.png]]
|playby = Tom Sturridge
|fullname = William Augustus Gosling
|noblehouse = [[Dukedom of Leighton]]
|dob =  August 29, 1782
|father = Andrew Gosling
|fatherrank = Duke of Leighton
|mother = Sophia Gosling
|motherrank = Duchess of Leighton
|residence = Gosling House, Park Street
|school = Eton
|university = Oxford
|prof = Gentleman of Leisure
}}
=Personality & appearance =
=Personality & appearance =


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===Week of 6 May ===
===Week of 6 May ===
On Tuesday Will attends the theatre and glimpses [[Katharine Steele|Kate Steele] who is being chatted up by [[Nathaniel Scarborough]]. <ref>Waiting With Wine http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1561-the-kings-theatre-haymarket-waiting-with-wine/</ref>. Wednesday finds him at Almacks with his brother. He stands up with [[Sophia Lazenby|Miss Lazenby]]. They trade barbs. <ref>99 Problems http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1831-almacks-assembly-halls-dancing-around-the-lies-we-tell/</ref>. He also, perversely, snatches [[Annabelle Beacham]] away from his brother for a set <ref>Dancing Around The Lies We Tell http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1831-almacks-assembly-halls-dancing-around-the-lies-we-tell/</ref>. The next day, William is chuffed to receive a note from [[Katharine Steele|Kate Steele]]  inviting him to join her for a game of backgammon. <ref>Krom KS to WG http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1967-from-ks-to-wg/</ref>. Naturally, he answers her summons. They finally 'play backgammon' (spawning a treasured euphamism on the board.)<ref>Il Connaît L'univers Et Il Ne Se Connaît Pas http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1971-steele-house-il-connaît-l’univers-et-ne-se-connaît-pas/</ref>
On Tuesday Will attends the theatre and glimpses [[Katharine Steele|Kate Steele]] who is being chatted up by [[Nathaniel Scarborough]]. <ref>Waiting With Wine http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1561-the-kings-theatre-haymarket-waiting-with-wine/</ref>. Wednesday finds him at Almacks with his brother. He stands up with [[Sophia Lazenby|Miss Lazenby]]. They trade barbs. <ref>99 Problems http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1831-almacks-assembly-halls-dancing-around-the-lies-we-tell/</ref>. He also, perversely, snatches [[Annabelle Beacham]] away from his brother for a set <ref>Dancing Around The Lies We Tell http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1831-almacks-assembly-halls-dancing-around-the-lies-we-tell/</ref>. The next day, William is chuffed to receive a note from [[Katharine Steele|Kate Steele]]  inviting him to join her for a game of backgammon. <ref>Krom KS to WG http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1967-from-ks-to-wg/</ref>. Naturally, he answers her summons. They finally 'play backgammon' (spawning a treasured euphamism on the board.)<ref>Il Connaît L'univers Et Il Ne Se Connaît Pas http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1971-steele-house-il-connaît-l’univers-et-ne-se-connaît-pas/</ref>
 
===Week of 13 May ===
On Tuesday evening William and Nick (and the whole rest of London) attend the ridotto at Vauxhall. There he runs into a girl who will not give her name and then his cousin [[Catherine McAvoy|Catherine]] <ref>...but who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do?http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2449-but-who-can-tell-the-mischief-which-the-very-virtuous-do/</ref>. Though he was meant to dine with Lord and [[Mary Cruikshank|Lady Coke]], he instead follows Catherine to greet the [[Dukedom of Leicester|Duke and Duchess of Leicester]], interrupting their dinner with the Mulhollands <ref>Ain't this fun http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2436-aint-this-fun/</ref>. Afterwards, he gets very drunk and ends up roaring up at the bedroom window of a lover,[[Eliza Atwood]], at 5 in the morning.
 
By the time they arrive at the [[Fitzgerald Ball]], he Gosling brothers are barely on speaking terms. Will dances the first with [[Camille Thornton]], a widow and an ex-lover, largely because he imagines it will irritate his brother <ref>How long within this wood intend you stay? http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2735-how-long-within-this-wood-intend-you-stay/</ref>. He has the second dance with [[Jemima Palmer]] -- who reminds him far too much of [[Katharine Steele|Kate]] <ref>We were victims of the night, the chemical, physical, kryptonite http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2804-we-were-victims-of-the-night-the-chemical-physical-kryptonite/</ref>.
After the second dance he see and requests an introduction to the Russian Lady [[Avreya Voronstova]]. They flirt outrageously and he ends up promising to fetch her a red rose from the house's gardens, despite the rain and then asks her to meet him after the 7th dance, in the library <ref>To abandon themselves unblushingly to all their passions and laugh at everything else. http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2811-to-abandon-themselves-unblushingly-to-all-their-passions-and-laugh-at-everything-else/?p=38556</ref>. Her chaperone having tried and failed to arrange for her to stand up with [[Nicholas Gosling|the Duke of Leighton]], [[Lunete d'Aubin|Lunete d'Aubin]] dances the third with William <ref>I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2884-i-danced-in-the-moon-and-the-stars-and-the-sun/</ref>.


=Relationships=
=Relationships=
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[[Eliza Atwood]] (summer 1811), very freshly widowed baroness, needy lover, laudanum addict. <br>
[[Eliza Atwood]] (summer 1811), very freshly widowed baroness, needy lover, laudanum addict. <br>
[[Sarah Bainbridge]] (summer 1811), a debutante whose parents really ought to have chaperoned her better.<br>
[[Sarah Bainbridge]] (summer 1811), a debutante whose parents really ought to have chaperoned her better.<br>
[[Katharine Steele]] (summer, 1811) another widowed countess, and a feisty one.


=Reference threads=
=Reference threads=


[[Category:Younger Sons]] [[Category:Single Men]] [[Category:Old Etonians]]
[[Category:Younger Sons|Gosling]] [[Category:Single Men|Gosling]] [[Category:Old Etonians|Gosling]] [[Category:Oxonians|Gosling]] [[Category:The Fast Set|Gosling]]

Latest revision as of 19:43, 18 October 2021

William Gosling
Portrayed by Tom Sturridge
Full Name William Augustus Gosling
Associated Noble House(s) Dukedom of Leighton
Date of Birth August 29, 1782
Father Andrew Gosling
Father's Rank Duke of Leighton
Mother Sophia Gosling
Mother's Rank Duchess of Leighton
Town Residence Gosling House, Park Street
School Eton
University Oxford
Profession Gentleman of Leisure

Personality & appearance

History

Childhood

Adulthood

1811

Week of 8 April

Week of 15 April

Week of 22 April

Week of 30 April

Week of 6 May

On Tuesday Will attends the theatre and glimpses Kate Steele who is being chatted up by Nathaniel Scarborough. [1]. Wednesday finds him at Almacks with his brother. He stands up with Miss Lazenby. They trade barbs. [2]. He also, perversely, snatches Annabelle Beacham away from his brother for a set [3]. The next day, William is chuffed to receive a note from Kate Steele inviting him to join her for a game of backgammon. [4]. Naturally, he answers her summons. They finally 'play backgammon' (spawning a treasured euphamism on the board.)[5]

Week of 13 May

On Tuesday evening William and Nick (and the whole rest of London) attend the ridotto at Vauxhall. There he runs into a girl who will not give her name and then his cousin Catherine [6]. Though he was meant to dine with Lord and Lady Coke, he instead follows Catherine to greet the Duke and Duchess of Leicester, interrupting their dinner with the Mulhollands [7]. Afterwards, he gets very drunk and ends up roaring up at the bedroom window of a lover,Eliza Atwood, at 5 in the morning.

By the time they arrive at the Fitzgerald Ball, he Gosling brothers are barely on speaking terms. Will dances the first with Camille Thornton, a widow and an ex-lover, largely because he imagines it will irritate his brother [8]. He has the second dance with Jemima Palmer -- who reminds him far too much of Kate [9]. After the second dance he see and requests an introduction to the Russian Lady Avreya Voronstova. They flirt outrageously and he ends up promising to fetch her a red rose from the house's gardens, despite the rain and then asks her to meet him after the 7th dance, in the library [10]. Her chaperone having tried and failed to arrange for her to stand up with the Duke of Leighton, Lunete d'Aubin dances the third with William [11].

Relationships

Romantic entanglements

A brief history of William Gosling's more material lovers. A work in progress, naturally.
Marion Swift (summer 1808), Cassie's sister, a closely-held secret.
Cecily _____
Diana Harper
Camille Thornton (winter 1810/1811), widowed, heartbroken countess encountered at a hunting party weekend
Clare Satchwell (summer, 1811), his landlord's wife.
Eliza Atwood (summer 1811), very freshly widowed baroness, needy lover, laudanum addict.
Sarah Bainbridge (summer 1811), a debutante whose parents really ought to have chaperoned her better.
Katharine Steele (summer, 1811) another widowed countess, and a feisty one.

Reference threads

  1. Waiting With Wine http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1561-the-kings-theatre-haymarket-waiting-with-wine/
  2. 99 Problems http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1831-almacks-assembly-halls-dancing-around-the-lies-we-tell/
  3. Dancing Around The Lies We Tell http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1831-almacks-assembly-halls-dancing-around-the-lies-we-tell/
  4. Krom KS to WG http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1967-from-ks-to-wg/
  5. Il Connaît L'univers Et Il Ne Se Connaît Pas http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1971-steele-house-il-connaît-l’univers-et-ne-se-connaît-pas/
  6. ...but who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do?http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2449-but-who-can-tell-the-mischief-which-the-very-virtuous-do/
  7. Ain't this fun http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2436-aint-this-fun/
  8. How long within this wood intend you stay? http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2735-how-long-within-this-wood-intend-you-stay/
  9. We were victims of the night, the chemical, physical, kryptonite http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2804-we-were-victims-of-the-night-the-chemical-physical-kryptonite/
  10. To abandon themselves unblushingly to all their passions and laugh at everything else. http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2811-to-abandon-themselves-unblushingly-to-all-their-passions-and-laugh-at-everything-else/?p=38556
  11. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun http://www.thelondonliferpg.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2884-i-danced-in-the-moon-and-the-stars-and-the-sun/