| has gloss | eng: Lady Charlotte Finch (née Fermor ) (1725 - June 1813) was governess of the children of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, King and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. She was the daughter of Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret, and Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys. She was sworn in as royal governess the day succeeding the birth of her first charge, George, Prince of Wales (future King George IV).Fraser, p 3 Shortly after her selection, William began to lose his mind. Fearing for her safety, she abandoned her husband, bringing with her their children, for an apartment in St. James's Palace and a small house in Kew. |
