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Maria (née Walpole), Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh. by Richard Purcell (H. Fowler, Charles or Philip Corbutt), published by Robert Sayer, after Sir Joshua Reynolds mezzotint, 1760s (probably 1760-1761) NPG D33043
Robert Walpole nacque a Houghton Hall, Norfolk, nel 1676.I suoi genitori furono Robert Walpole, un politico whig che rappresentava la circoscrizione di Castle Rising nella Camera dei comuni, e Mary Burwell: Robert fu il quinto di diciassette figli, otto dei quali morirono durante l'infanzia.
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.
Maria Walpole av Joshua Reynolds.. Maria Walpole, född 10 juli 1736, död 22 augusti 1807, var en engelsk adelskvinna, i första äktenskapet grevinna av Waldegrave, och i andra äktenskapet prinsessa och kunglig hertiginna av Gloucester och Edinburgh som gift med prins Vilhelm Henrik av Storbritannien, hertig av Gloucester och Edinburgh.
Maria Walpole, duchesse de Gloucester et d'Édimbourg est comtesse Waldegrave de 1759 à 1767 par son mariage avec James Waldegrave, et membre de la famille royale britannique à partir de son mariage en 1766 avec le prince William Henry de Grande-Bretagne.
It’s the English 18th century when Maria Walpole, from illegitimate daughter, became Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh. Shall we find out her story?
