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Maria was one of the three the illegitimate daughters of Hon. Edward Walpole of Frogmore House in Windsor, by Dorothy Clements, a charming and beautiful milliner from Darlington in Co. Durham. This lady bore him five children but, although a faithful lover, he never married her because he feared the opposition of his father, Sir Robert.
9 de jun. de 2023 · The enigmatic Brown Lady is believed to be Dorothy Walpole (1686-1726), the sister of Robert Walpole, who is often credited as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. Due to her scandalous and tragic life, she is said to have become a restless spirit and her presence lingers on at Raynham Hall.
Catherine, Lady Walpole (née Shorter; 1682 – 20 August 1737) was the first wife of the first British prime minister Sir Robert Walpole. Origins [ edit ] She was a daughter of Sir John Shorter (born 1660), of Bybrook, in Kent, a wealthy merchant (the son of Sir John Shorter (1625–1688), Lord Mayor of London ), by his wife Elizabeth Philipps (born c. 1664), a daughter of Sir Erasmus ...
By the 1730s, Walpole lived openly with his mistress Maria Skerrett, with whom he had already had a daughter. In March 1738, Walpole married her. But Maria died just a few months later in childbirth. Before leaving office, Walpole arranged to have his illegitimate daughter legitimised, and she became ‘Lady Maria Walpole’.
Lady Walpole. / Search the collection. 1 of 253523 objects; After Christian Friedrich Zincke (1683/4-1767) Lady Walpole. after an original of 1735. RCIN 663357.
Maria, Lady Eardley is an oil on canvas by the English artist, Thomas Gainsborough, painted around the time of her marriage in 1766, according to British art historian, Ellis Waterhouse, in “Preliminary Check List of Portraits by Thomas Gainsborough,” The Volume of the Walpole Society 33 (1948 –1950): 34.
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