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Biographical Appendix The following women are mentioned in the text and notes. Abney- Hastings, Flora. 1854–1887. Daughter of 1st Baron Donington and Edith Rawdon- Hastings, Countess of Loudon. Married Henry FitzAlan Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, 1877. Acheson, Theodosia. 1882–1977. Daughter of 4th Earl of Gosford and Louisa Montagu (daughter of 7th Duke of Manchester and Luise von Alten). Married Hon. Alexander Cadogan, son of 5th Earl of Cadogan, 1912. Her scrapbook of country house visits is in the British Library, Add. 75295. Alten, Luise von. 1832–1911. Daughter of Karl von Alten. Married William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester, 1852. Secondly, married Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, 1892. Grandmother of Alexandra, Mary, and Theodosia Acheson. Annesley, Katherine. c. 1700–1736. Daughter of 3rd Earl of Anglesey and Catherine Darnley (illegitimate daughter of James II and Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester). Married William Phipps, 1718. Apsley, Isabella. Daughter of Sir Allen Apsley. Married Sir William Wentworth in the late seventeenth century. Arbuthnot, Caroline. b. c. 1802. Daughter of Rt. Hon. Charles Arbuthnot. Stepdaughter of Harriet Fane. She did not marry. Arbuthnot, Marcia. 1804–1878. Daughter of Rt. Hon. Charles Arbuthnot. Stepdaughter of Harriet Fane. Married William Cholmondeley, 3rd Marquess of Cholmondeley, 1825. Aston, Barbara. 1744–1786. Daughter and co- heir of 5th Lord Faston of Forfar. Married Hon. Henry Clifford, son of 3rd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, 1762. Bannister, Henrietta. d. 1796. Daughter of John Bannister. She married Rev. Hon. Brownlow North, son of 1st Earl of Guilford, 1771. Bassett, Anne. Daughter of Sir John Bassett and Honor Grenville. Stepdaughter of 1st Viscount Lisle. Married Walter Hungerford in the sixteenth century. Bassett, Mary. Daughter of Sir John Bassett and Honor Grenville. Stepdaughter of 1st Viscount Lisle. Entered into a clandestine marriage with a French gentle- man, before 1536. Bentinck, Elizabeth. d. 1765. Daughter of 1st Earl of Portland. Eloped with Henry Edgerton, son of 3rd Earl of Bridgewater in 1720. Berkeley, Elizabeth. d. 1769. Daughter of 2nd Earl of Berkeley. Married Sir John Germaine, 1st Bart. Friend of Jonathan Swift. Sister- in- law of Henrietta Hobart. Berkeley, Elizabeth. 1750–1828. Daughter of 4th Earl of Berkeley. Married William, 6th Baron Craven in 1767. By 1786 her affair with Henry Vernon was public knowledge and Craven discouraged her children from writing to her. Elizabeth and Craven had separated in 1783 (he settled £1,500 per year on her) and upon his death in 1791 (September) she promptly remarried (in October) Christian von Brandenburg- Anspach. Her memoirs were published 164 Biographical Appendix 165 as Anspach, Elizabeth Berkeley Craven. Memoirs of the Margravine of Anspach Written by Herself. She has an entry in the ODNB. Bertie, Charlotte. 1812–1895. Daughter of 9th Earl of Lindsey. Married Josiah Guest, a wealthy Welsh industrialist. She taught herself Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Middle Welsh. She married secondly Charles Schreiber who was 14 years younger than she and was her eldest son’s tutor at Cambridge. In later life she became famous as a china collector. Her writings are printed in Bessborough, Earl of, ed. Lady Charlotte Guest: Extracts from her Journal, 1833–52. Bingham, Lavinia. 1762–1831. Daughter of 1st Earl of Lucan. Married George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, 1781. Mother of Georgiana Spencer. Bladen, Harriet. d. 1821. Daughter of Colonel Bladen. Married William Capel, 4th Earl of Essex as his second wife, 1767. Blount, Sarah. d. 1656. Daughter of William Blount. Married Sir Thomas Symthe. After his death she married as his second wife Robert Syndey, 1st Earl of Leicester. Boleyn, Anne. c. 1501–1536. Daughter of Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire and Elizabeth Howard. Married Henry VIII, 1533. Anne was sympathetic to the Protestant cause. She was accused of adultery with five men, including her brother and was executed in 1536. Mother of Elizabeth I. She has an entry in the ODNB. Boleyn Mary. d. 1543. Daughter of Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire and Elizabeth Howard. Married William Carey in 1521. During this marriage, she was briefly the mistress of Henry VIII. Following Carey’s death, she contracted a clandestine marriage with the much younger William Stafford. Grandmother of Lettice Knollys. Bonfoy, Anne. d. 1821. Daughter of Capt. Hugh Bonfoy. Married Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely, 1775. Bonville, Cecily (Cecilia). c. 1460–1529. Daughter and heir of 6th Lord Harington. Married Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset, 1474. Married secondly Henry Stafford, Earl of Wiltshire. Baroness Bonville and Harington in her own right. Mother of Elizabeth and Dorothy Grey. Bowater, Louisa. 1842–1913. Daughter of General Sir Edward Bowater. Married Rainald Knightley, later 1st Baron Knightley, 1869. Extra Lady- in- Waiting to the Duchess of Albany. Active in supporting her husband’s political career in the Conservative Party and a member of the Primrose League. Spoke out in favour of female education and worked for women’s suffrage. Her journals are published as Cartwright, Julia, ed. The Journals of Lady Knightley of Fawsley, 1856–1881. She has an entry in the ODNB. Bowes (Lyon), Anna Maria. d. 1832. Daughter of 9th Earl of Strathmore and Mary Bowes. Eloped with Jepson, 1788. Bowes, Maria (Mary). 1749–1800. Daughter and heir of wealthy industrialist George Bowes. She married John Lyon (Bowes) 9th Earl of Strathmore, 1767. She entered into a disastrous and scandalous second marriage with Andrew Robinson Stoney in 1777 that ended in divorce in 1789, but not until after allegations of spousal abuse had appeared in the press. She has an entry in the ODNB. Mother of Anna Maria Bowes. Bowes- Lyon, Elizabeth. 1900–2002. Daughter of 14th Earl of Strathmore. Married Prince Albert, George VI, 1923. Mother of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret. She has an entry in the ODNB. 166 Biographical Appendix Boyle, Alice. 1607–1666. Daughter of 1st Earl of Cork. Married David Barry, 1st Earl of Barrymore in 1621. Married secondly, John Barry after 1642. Boyle, Catherine. 1615–1691. Daughter of 1st Earl of Cork. Her father provided no formal education for his daughters, but despite this lack, Catherine developed into a serious intellectual. She married Arthur Jones, 2nd Viscount Ranelagh, 1630. Boyle, Charlotte. 1769–1831. Daughter of Hon. Robert Boyle- Walsingham. She was Baroness de Ros in her own right. Married Lord Henry FitzGerald, 1791. Emily Lennox was her mother- in- law. Boyle, Elizabeth. c. 1657–1725. Daughter of 2nd Earl of Cork and Elizabeth Clifford, Baroness Clifford. Married Nicholas Tufton, 3rd Earl of Thanet, 1664. Boyle, Grace. d. 1763. Daughter and heiress of 2nd Viscount Shannon. Married Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset, 1744. Lady of the bedchamber and mistress of the robes to the Princess of Wales, 1743–1763. Boyle, Joan. 1611–1657. Daughter of 1st Earl of Cork. Married George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare, 1630. Boyle, Lettice. 1610–1649. Daughter of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork. She mar- ried George Goring, Lord Goring (son of 1st Earl of Norwich) in 1629. Boyle, Mary. 1625–1678. Daughter of 1st Earl of Cork. Married Charles Rich, later Earl of Warwick, 1641, against the wishes of her father. Her memoirs are published Rich, Mary (Countess of Warwick). Memoir of Lady Warwick, Also Her Diary… and Rich, Mary. Autobiography of Mary Countess of Warwick. Brandon, Eleanor. 1520–1547. Daughter of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor (daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV). Married Henry Clifford, 2nd Duke of Cumberland, 1537. Brandon, Frances. 1517–1559. Daughter of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor. Married Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk. She had strong Protestant sympathies. Despite that, she was a good friend to Mary I. Married Adrian Stokes after Grey’s execution. Mother of Jane, Katherine, and Mary Grey. She has an entry in the ODNB. Bridgeman, Ursula. d. 1883. Daughter of Hon. Charles Bridgeman (son of 1st Earl of Bradford). Married Albert Conyngham, 1st Baron Londesborough, 1847. Married secondly, Rt. Hon. Otho FitzGerald, son of 3rd Duke of Leinster, 1861. Bristow, Caroline. d. 1809. Daughter of John Bristow. Married William Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, 1774. Mother- in- law of Sarah Spencer. Brockholes, Catherine. d. 1784. Daughter of John Brockholes. Married Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk, 1739. Brooke, Elizabeth. 1563–1597. Daughter of 10th Lord Cobham. Married Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 1589. Bruce, Christian. c. 1596–1674. Daughter of 1st Baron Bruce of Kinlosse. Married William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire, 1608. Her biography is printed as Pomfret, Thomas. The life of the right honourable and religious Lady Christian[a], late Countess Dowager of Devonshire, 1685. Brydges, Frances. d. 1663. Daughter of 4th Baron Chandos. Married firstly Sir Thomas Smith before 1610; secondly Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, 1610. Burgh, Margaret de. c. 1831–1888. Daughter of 1st Marquess of Clanricarde. She married Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Baron Allendale, 1856. Byng, Georgiana. d. 1801. Daughter of 4th Viscount Torrington and Lucy Boyle (daughter of 5th Earl of Cork). She married Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath, 1794. Biographical Appendix 167 Cadogan, Sarah. 1705–1751. Daughter of 1st Earl of Cadogan. She married Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, 1719. She was the mother of Georgiana Lennox. Campbell, Charlotte. 1775–1861. Daughter of 5th Duke of Argyll. She married Col. John Campbell, 1796 and secondly Rev. Edward Bury, 1818. Following the death of her first husband in 1809, she entered the household of the Princess of Wales, later Queen Caroline, estranged wife of George IV. She made a repu- tation for herself as a writer. She kept a diary while in service to Caroline that has been published as Bury, Lady Charlotte. The Diary of a Lady- in- Waiting.