After formally accusing his wife of adultery through the Consistory Court of the Bishop of London on 27 February 1783, he petitioned the House of Lords for permission to bring about a bill of divorce. Afterwards, he began to arrange a legal separation from his wife. That same day, hearing of the birth, her estranged husband returned. On 3 July 1782, Frances gave birth to a child. During their estrangement, Frances lived under a different name, Langley, in order to hide her location from her husband.
On 23 July 1781, when Matthew was six and his youngest sister was one and a half years old, Frances left her husband, taking the music master, Samuel Harrison, as her lover. In addition to Matthew Gregory Lewis, Matthew and Frances had three other children: Maria, Barrington, and Sophia Elizabeth. Lewis' father owned considerable property in Jamaica, within four miles of Savanna-la-Mer, or Savanna-la-Mar, which was hit by a devastating earthquake and hurricane in 1779. Both his parents' families had connections with Jamaica. Matthew Gregory Lewis was the firstborn child of Matthew and Frances Maria Sewell Lewis. On 23 July 1781, when Matthew was six and his youngest sister was one and a half years old, Frances left he Matthew Gregory Lewis was an English novelist and dramatist, often referred to as "Monk" Lewis, because of the success of his classic Gothic novel, The Monk.
Matthew Gregory Lewis was an English novelist and dramatist, often referred to as "Monk" Lewis, because of the success of his classic Gothic novel, The Monk.
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