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1 de may. de 2022 · Death: August 22, 1807 (97-106) London, England. Place of Burial: Lewisham, Middlesex, England. Immediate Family: Daughter of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford; Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Irford PM; Maria Skerrett and Maria Skerritt. Wife of Charles Churchill, of Chalfont.
Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh was a member of the British royal family. She was the Countess Waldegrave from 1759 to 1766, as a result of her first marriage to James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave. Her second husband was Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, whom she married in 1766.
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’.
³ Piper, C., 'A Contribution to the Iconography of Maria Walpole (1736-1807): A Portrait by Nathaniel Dance (1748-1827)' in The British Art Journal, Volume XII, No. 2, 2011, p.9 ⁴ Letter from Horace Walpole to George Montagu, Esq., 2nd June 1759. ⁵ Ibid. ⁶ Letter from Horace Walpole to George Montagu, 14 April 1763. ⁷ Piper, p.12.
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. Walpole studiò a Eton dal 1690 al 1695 e si ...
29 de nov. de 2021 · Maria Walpole è nata il 10 luglio 1736 come figlia di Edward Walpole e Dorothy Clements. Suo nonno era Sir Robert Walpole, il primo primo ministro britannico e ministro sotto il re Giorgio II di Gran Bretagna, periodo 1721-1741. È cresciuta in Frogmore House nel Windsor ; tuttavia, i suoi genitori non erano sposati e il suo status illegittimo era un ostacolo per trovare un buon marito ...
