El divorcio no era admitido en la Inglaterra del siglo XVIII. Sólo mediando adulterio y poseyendo medios de fortuna, podía conseguirse, aunque era enormemente costoso tanto desde el punto de vista procesal como desde el meramente económico. Desde el punto de vista procesal porque era precisa la intervención del Parlamento, el cual, con una Private Divorce Act, disolvía el vínculo matrimonial. Desde el punto de vista económico, porque la mujer adúltera perdía sus bienes y rentas. Quedaba además expuesta al repudio y ostracismo social, y, lo que era más grave, perdía la custodia de sus hijos que quedaban bajo la exclusiva protección y voluntad del padre. Elizabeth Vassall se vio inmersa en un proceso de divorcio a finales del siglo XVIII para llegar a ser lady Holland. Este trabajo estudia ese proceso. ; Divorce was not allowed in England in the eighteenth century. It could only be achieved if you committed adultery and were very rich, though it was enormously expensive, both from a procedural perspective as well as from a purely economic point of view. From a procedural perspective, because the Parliament had to intervene dissolving the marriage with a Private Divorce Act. From the economic point of view, the adulterous woman lost all her assets and income. In addition, she was exposed to recrimination and social ostracism, and what was worse, she lost the care and love of her children, who were under the exclusive protection and will of their father. lady Holland was immersed in a divorce in the late eighteenth century. This paper studies that process.