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24 de feb. de 2019 · Abigail Masham. In both the film and real life, the Whig party continued to take issue with the place that Abigail took in the Queen's court, pushing back against Queen Anne for the rest of her reign.
Abigail Masham Favorite of Queen Anne of England 1670 – 1734 A.D. Mrs. Masham’s name occupies a prominent place in the political writings which characterized the reign of Queen Anne. She was the daughter of Mr. Hill, a wealthy merchant of London, by reason of whose bankruptcy she was obliged to become the attendant of Lady Rivers.
In 1707, Abigail Hill married Mr. Masham, a man of ancient family, one of the pages of the court. This marriage was performed secretly, and in the presence of the queen. The Duchess of Marlborough, on learning these facts, gave way to such violence, that it severed finally the tie between herself and the queen; and in a short time she was deprived of all her offices and dignities at court.
Abigail Masham (1670-6 December 1734) was an English courtier and a favorite of Queen Anne. Masham, a cousin of Sarah Churchill, rose from being a scullery maid at Queen Anne's court to being an influential favorite of the Queen's, helping to empower Tories in the government and depose her cousin Sarah's Whigs. Abigail Hill was born in London, England in 1670, a cousin of Sarah Churchill and ...
Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham (née Hill; c. 1670 – 6 December 1734), was an English courtier. She was a favourite of Queen Anne, and a cousin of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough.
8 de feb. de 2019 · Muy afectada por la actitud de su favorita, Ana se refugió en la tierna compañía de la joven Abigail Masham, una mujer sencilla que desde el principio se mostró dispuesta a escuchar, y consolar a la atribulada Ana, que para principios del siglo XVIII ya estaba muy enferma. La llegada de Abigail desató una tormenta
MASHAM, ABIGAIL, Lady (d. 1734), favourite of Anne, queen of England, was the daughter of Francis Hill, a London merchant, her mother being an aunt of Sarah Jennings, duchess of Marlborough. The family being reduced to poor circumstances through Hill’s speculations, Lady Churchill (as she then was), lady of the bedchamber to the Princess Anne, befriended her cousin Abigail, whom she took ...
