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This convinced the Gallery to re-identify the oil portrait as that of Catharine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657–1717), mistress to King James II. This is one of over a hundred portraits in the Gallery’s collection whose sitter identification has been queried, debated and then dropped.
22 de mar. de 2024 · Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester. by Peter Cross. watercolour on vellum, circa 1685-1690. 3 1/8 in. x 2 3/8 in. (79 mm x 60 mm) oval. Purchased, 1913. Primary Collection.
The title Countess of Dorchester had previously been created in the Peerage of England in 1686, together with the title Baroness Darlington, as life peerages, for Catherine Sedley, a mistress of King James II. Both titles became extinct on her death in 1717, but her heirs were Earls of Portmore in the Peerage of Scotland.
15 de jul. de 2021 · Charles Sedley inherited the title (5th baronet) in 1656 when his brother William died. By his first wife Lady Katherine Savage, daughter of John, 2nd Earl Rivers he had only one legitimate child, Catherine, Countess of Dorchester, mistress of James II. The couple lived in Great Queen Street. After his first wife had been sent to a convent in ...
Catherine Sedley (1657–1717), Later Countess of DorchesterEnglish Heritage, Kenwood. Charles Mordaunt (1658–1735), 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of MonmouthEnglish Heritage, Marble Hill House. Benjamin BrewsterHereford Museum and Art Gallery. Mary II (1662–1694)Wilton Town Council Offices. 872 more.
Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester. by Isaac Beckett, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt mezzotint, 1681-1688 Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Catherine Colyear, suo jure Countess of Dorchester and Countess of Portmore (née Sedley; 21 December 1657 – 26 October 1717), was an English noble and courtier. She was the mistress of King James II of England both before and after he came to the throne. Catherine was noted not for beauty but for her celebrated wittiness and sharp tongue.
