Henrietta d'Auverquerque, Countess of Grantham (died 11 October 1724),[1] formerly Lady Henrietta Butler, was an English noblewoman and the wife of Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham.
Henrietta d'Auverquerque | |
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| Countess of Grantham | |
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| Born | Henrietta Butler |
| Died | 11 October 1724 |
| Noble family | Butler |
| Spouse(s) | Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham |
| Issue | Henry, Viscount Boston Thomas, Viscount Boston Lady Frances de Nassau d'Auverquerque Emilia Mary Lady Henrietta de Nassau d'Auverquerque |
| Father | Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory |
| Mother | Emilia van Nassau-Beverweerd |
History edit
Henrietta was the youngest daughter of Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, and a sister of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, a well-known Jacobite nobleman. Her mother, Emilia, was a Dutch noblewoman; Henrietta was thus a first cousin of her husband, whose father was Emilia's brother. They were married on 12 January 1697 and had the following issue:[2]
- Henry (1697–1718), styled Viscount Boston
- Thomas (1700–1730), styled Viscount Boston, who died unmarried.
- Lady Frances de Nassau d'Auverquerque (died 1772), who married Captain (later Lieutenant-Colonel) William Elliot of Wells, and had one child who died in infancy
- Emilia Mary (c.1702–1712)
- Lady Henrietta de Nassau d'Auverquerque (1712–1747), who married William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper, and was the mother of George Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper[3]
From 1718 until her death in 1724, the countess was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Caroline of Ansbach, then Princess of Wales.[4]
References edit
- ^ L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 48.
- ^ Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords (1869). Journals of the House of Lords. H.M. Stationery Office. pp. 16–.
- ^ Hugh Belsey, ‘Cowper, George Nassau Clavering, third Earl Cowper (1738–1789)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 26 April 2010
- ^ "Household of Queen Caroline 1727-37". Institute of Historical Research. Archived from the original on 15 March 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ossory, Thomas Butler, Earl of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 354.
