他喜歡家鄉的青梅竹馬的姑娘瑪莉亞·伊麗莎白·比克內爾(Maria Elizabeth Bicknell),但姑娘的父親是喬治四世的律師,家境比他好得多,因此不同意這樁婚事。直到5年後才答應,為了不給姑娘的父親找到拒絕的藉口,他接受了所有訂貨,大量的工作和精神的疲勞對他的體質起了很壞的影響。1816年他終於和瑪莉亞在聖馬田教堂結婚[5],婚後他的妻子為他生了7個孩子。[6]
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