Gentleman Jack true story: What happened to the real Anne Lister and Ann Walker?

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The true LGBT love story was centuries ahead of its time.

lesbian love story of Anne Lister and Ann Walker is a true tale centuries ahead of its time. And to think we would have never known the reality if it wasn't for Lister's love of a good diary.

Before meeting Ann, she had a passionate relationship with Mariana Belcombe, the daughter of a doctor who specialised in the mentally ill. They would write often to each other, with Mariana calling Anne"Freddy". Their relationship continued even after Mariana married Cheshire landowner Charles Lawton in 1816.

Ann Walker was the daughter of a wealthy family, who owned the fancy Crow Nest estate and ran a worsted mill. In actuality, the pair were blessed during a Holy Communion at York's Holy Trinity Church, as homosexual marriages were illegal, and officially remained so until 2013. Following their de facto marriage, Ann moved into Anne's Shibden Hall estate and used her family's funds in order to renovate what she considered her marital home. They would later travel the world together.

 

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