Talk:Lillie Langtry

Copyrighted text?

A large portion of this entry is a direct cut-and-paste from the "History of the Langtry Manor" section of the Langrty Manor homepage (http://www.langtrymanor.co.uk/history.htm). The Langtry Manor text is copyrighted and no permission from the owners is seen.

"This text is reprinted here with permission of the Howard Family" at the bottom seems pretty explicit. It ought to be rewritten in a "more encyclopedic" style, but until we get a letter from the owners to the effect that the permission statement in the article is erroneous, I don't we need to worry about it. Stan 05:05, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Might it be an idea to move the Langtry Manor text to Langtry Manor? It is rather more about the history of the house than the life and works of Lillie herself. Man vyi 14:32, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC)

Parentage of child

Hasn't anyone done DNA analysis of Langtry's grandchildren? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.21.92.10 (talk) 18:48, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Just a note to say I've removed the link to Arthur Jones as I was not sure it was right (it was linking to an American inventor, and then a cricketer).jguk 17:31, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Claret

How can she have produced claret (i.e., Bordeaux) in California? 62.25.106.209 18:26, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

The article on claret says "The name Claret is occasionally used in the United States as a semi-generic label for any red wine in a style similar to that of Bordeaux." I suspect this was more often done in the past than it is now, so I've changed it to "red wine". William Avery 19:06, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

and Monty Python says "a bordeaux IS a claret" so that decides it.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 02:56, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Link to Langtry Manor

I've removed the link to the Langtry Manor page at the moment as to be quite honest the article is better worded the way it was previously and the link isn't really needed. I'm also going to try and check history of the Langtry Manor article as I can't help but, wonder whether one with better content previously existed and was removed. I find it hard to believe that the article could be referenced over 3 years ago and was never created in the meantime. I think if we are to put the link back in than the article should maintain its current wording but, with the link added. Thanks. Jasynnash2 (talk) 14:55, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

A previous version was deleted as a copyvio. See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Langtry_Manor William Avery (talk) 16:45, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Frederick Gebhardt

Wasn't Lillie married to Frederick Gebhardt after Edward? 86.25.60.178 (talk) 15:21, 25 April 2009 (UTC).

No, she did not divorce Edward Langtry until after Gebhardt had diedAnthonyCamp (talk) 18:00, 28 April 2009 (UTC).

Husband's attitude

Why were they together so long when his wife was such a slut? Are there any historical studies or contemporary records that discuss this? 65.89.68.24 (talk) 12:15, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Husband's madness and death

Edward Langty died in the Chester Mental Asylum, it's site is now part of the Countess of Chester. He is buried in an inauspicious grave in Overleigh Cemetery. Here is a reference [1] . Maybe some of the details could be worked into the article?