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Mary Elizabeth Pitt, Countess of Chatham (2 September 1762 – 21 May 1821), formerly Mary Elizabeth Townshend, was an English noblewoman and political campaigner. Her husband was John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham .
Mary Elizabeth Pitt formerly Townshend. Born 2 Sep 1762 in Chislehurst, Kent, England. Ancestors. Daughter of Thomas Townshend and Elizabeth (Powys) Townshend. Sister of John Thomas Townshend, Frances (Townshend) Rice and Harriet Katherine Townshend.
- Female
- September 2, 1762
- John Pitt KG
- May 21, 1821
- His Monument
- His Life
- Wax Effigy
His large monument of white marble, by sculptor John Bacon, is nearly 33 feet high and cost £6,000. At the base sits Britannia holding her trident, and below her are the reclining figures of Ocean (Neptune) with a dolphin and the female figure of Earth, with a globe, fruit and flowers. Above, on a sarcophagus, sit the figures of Prudence and Fortit...
William was born in 1708, the younger son of Robert Pitt of Cornwall and Harriet, daughter of the Hon. Edward Villiers of Ireland. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge and entered Parliament in 1735. Although he suffered from gout and ill health he was known as a great orator in Parliament. He pressed for peace with America in 1777, which he decla...
William's lifelike wax effigy, wearing Parliamentary robes and wig, is on display in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries in the Abbey triforium. The wax head and hands were made by American sculptor Patience Wright. Her daughter Phoebe helped set up the figure in 1778 in the upper Islip chapel where other wax effigies were on show.
Mary Elizabeth Townsend (23 July 1841 - 14 June 1918) was a British philanthropist and co-founder of the Girls' Friendly Society. Honington Hall, her home for most of her life
7 de ago. de 2017 · John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, married Mary Elizabeth Townshend on 10 July 1783. Their courtship was long and rather drawn-out on Lord Chatham’s part, but probably due to bashfulness rather than reluctance.
Hon. Mary Elizabeth Townshend was the daughter of John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney of St. Leonards and Lady Caroline Elizabeth Letitia Clements. She was born in aboit 1804 (per her stated age of 21 when she first married).
21 de may. de 2014 · She was born Mary Elizabeth Townshend on 2 September 1762, the second child of Thomas Townshend, later Lord Sydney. She and her six surviving siblings grew up at Frognall, near Chislehurst, Kent. Townshend's political patron was William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham, whose country residence at Hayes was only a few miles from Frognall.
