The Resume

(February 22, 1786-March 10, 1845)
Born in London, United Kingdom
Birth name was Harriette Dubouchet
British Regency courtesan
Published ‘Memoirs of Herself and Others’ (1825)

Why she might be annoying:

When she wrote her memoirs, she offered her former clients a chance to be omitted if they paid her money.
The Duke of Wellington famously replied to her offer with ‘Publish, and be damned!’
She was twice successfully sued for libel over statements in her memoirs.

Why she might not be annoying:

More than one of her clients dumped her for one of her younger sisters.
She published her memoirs only after one of her aristocratic lovers reneged on his promise to financially support her in her older age.
Her memoirs were such hot stuff that her publishers had to erect barriers around their offices to keep from being swamped by the crowds when the second installment came out.
She got her revenge on Wellington by describing him as ‘the most uninteresting’ of her lovers.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 66]
• I Died in the City I Was Born In
• I Write Bildungsroman
• Look at Me, I'm Writing
• Look at My Book Cover
• My Name is Wilson
• Profiles 41006-41250 (Ranked: 41184)
• Shares Washington's Birthday [February 22nd] (Ranked: 1786)
• Whores and Johns

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying