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Biography. Daughter of Thomas Skerrett, a London staymaker, became Robert Walpole's mistress in 1724, and bore him two daughters; they married after his first wife died in 1737, but Maria died in 1738 following a miscarriage.
28 de jul. de 2018 · Anne Horton (née Anne Luttrell) was born on 24 January 1743 as the daughter of Simon Luttrell, later first Earl of Carhampton, and his wife, Judith Maria Lawes. Anne’s first husband was another commoner, Christopher Horton, on 4 August 1765 but he died just four years later. 1 Horace Walpole described her as, “a coquette beyond measure ...
12 de may. de 2008 · Thomas Gainsborough: Portrait of Maria Walpole, Countess of Waldegrave, later Duchess of Gloucester (1736-1807) Artist Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)
Described as ‘beauty itself’ by her uncle Horace Walpole (1717-1797), Maria Walpole was one of the great icons of the mid-eighteenth century, renowned for her good looks and lively wit.¹ Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) wrote of her in 1759, ‘I am not surprised at Lady Waldegrave’s good fortune.
Maria Walpole (1725?-1801) illegitimate daugher of Sir Robert Walpole, prime minister and his mistress Maria Skerrett; the daughter later became the wife of Colonel Charles Churchill. She is wearing ermine, an indication of noble status that she did not have until her father obtained for her a patent of precedence as the daughter of an earl in 1742.
