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    Olivia Serres (3 April 1772 – 21 November 1834), known as Olive, was a British painter and writer, born in Warwick. She is also known as an English impostor...
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  • Serres (Greek: Σέρρες) is a city in Greece, seat of the Serres regional unit. Serres may also refer to: In Germany: Serres, Germany, a part of Wiernsheim...
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    biography was written in 1813 by his niece Olivia Serres, who had lived with her bachelor uncle as a child. Serres claimed that Wilmot himself was a pseudonymous...
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  • Liverpool, England, Lavinia was the daughter of Olivia Serres and John Thomas Serres. Olivia Serres gained notoriety by claiming to be the daughter of...
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    The jury at the 1866 trial of Lavinia Ryves, the daughter of imposter Olivia Serres who pretended to be "Princess Olive of Cumberland", unanimously found...
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  • Maritime Painter to King George III. John Thomas Serres was born in London in December 1759 to Dominic Serres, a prominent painter and a founder of the Royal...
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  • (1765–1847), physician and pioneer of vegetarianism, was born in Warwick. Olivia Serres (self-styled Princess Olive of Cumberland, 1772–1834), painter, writer...
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    (1766–1846), lady-in-waiting to Queen Caroline, died unmarried (see also Olivia Serres) Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton (1767–1852) Lord Archibald...
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    referred to as "S.W." in correspondence. A strong suspect for this role is Olivia Serres (born Wilmot). The resulting scandal meant that the publisher had to...
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  • contact with Mrs Lavinia Ryves the daughter of the imposter and forger Olivia Serres (Princess Olive). Doubt was cast on this theory by Patricia Storrar...
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