1859. By the stage name of Corisande, you had rose to fame as one of Drury Lane’s most successful and well-loved actresses. Therefore, it came as a surprise that you married the Hon. Meredith Walding, a stern, stingy and seclusive man from the old peerage; many found the union scandalous and ill-suited, and you were often accused of having marriages the Honourable for money; you hadn’t.