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Rachel Fanny Antonina Lee or Rachel Fanny Antonina Dashwood (1770s – 1829) was a British alleged kidnap victim. ==Life== Rachel Fanny Antonina Dashwood was the illegitimate daughter of Sir Francis Dashwood.〔Richard Garnett, ‘Lee , Rachel Fanny Antonina (1773?–1829)’, rev. J. Gilliland, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 (accessed 30 Jan 2015 )〕 Her father was Chancellor of the Exchequer and the notorious founder of the Hellfire Club. He gave her about £40,000 after she had been educated at a French convent. She was later reported to be "deplorably ignorant of English life and life universally."〔 Dashwood lodged for a time with a Mrs. Gordon in Kensington Square, and met her two sons, Loudon and Lockhart, when they returned on holiday from their boarding schools. She later married Matthew Lee in Scotland as she was under age. The attraction was said to be her husband's good looks but the marriage lasted less than two years. Mrs Lee went to live in Manchester but she was in London in 1803 when she was kidnapped by - or went away with or eloped with - the two Gordon brothers. They had both graduated from Oxford University: Loudon Harcourt was not rich while Lockhart was not only married but was employed as a clergyman. The circumstance of their journey together are disputed. The party of three was intercepted after concerns were raised by Lee's guardians, and Lee later sued them for her abduction. Loudon was said to have visited her room in Gloucester, whereas Lee said that she was being threatened with a pistol.〔 The trial of Loudon and Lockhart took place on 6 March 1804 in Oxford based on the accusations of Lee. Witnesses were called and the judge stopped the case after hearing that Lee did not deny saying to the chambermaid "Tell my husband he may come to bed in ten minutes. Another source says it was abandoned when it was revealed that Lee denied the Christian faith and she was therefore unable to take an oath in court to tell the truth. The accused brothers were acquitted and they claimed vindication in an ''Apology for the Conduct of the Gordons'' which was published by Loudon. Lee was said to have agreed to travel with the Gordon brothers. Lee now had symptoms of paranoia and because of this she felt threatened, even by the Gloucestershire clergyman who had agreed to look after her.〔 Despite her symptoms she published ''A Vindication of Mrs Lee's Conduct'' in 1807 and the following year she had an ''Essay on Government'' published. Matthew Lee killed himself in 1807 and she moved back to London. Over the next few years she learnt Hebrew and she continued to publish her views. She died in 1829.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rachel Fanny Antonina Lee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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