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Countess of Suffolk is the title given to the wife of the Earl of Suffolk. Women who have held the title include: Katherine de Stafford (c.1376–1419) Catherine Howard, Countess of Suffolk (1564–1638) Barbara Howard, Countess of Suffolk (1622–1680) Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk (died 1715) Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk ...
Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk (born Henrietta Hobart; 1689 – 26 July 1767) was a British courtier. She is known as the mistress of King George II of Great Britain . She was the sister of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire .
The Countess of Suffolk, 1910. Margaret Hyde "Daisy" Leiter was born in Chicago on 1 September 1879. She was the third daughter and youngest of four children born to Mary Theresa (née Carver) and Levi Ziegler Leiter, the co-founder of Field and Leiter dry goods business, and later partner in the Marshall Fields retail empire.
He was succeeded in the earldom of Suffolk by his uncle, the eighth Earl. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the ninth Earl. His wife Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk, was a mistress of King George II. On Lord Suffolk's death, the titles passed to his son, the tenth Earl. He represented Bere Alston in the House of ...
Barbara Howard, Countess of Suffolk (née Villiers; May/June 1622 – 13 December 1680), [1] formerly Lady Wentworth, was an English courtier and the wife of James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk. She served as First Lady of the Bedchamber for the queen of England, Catherine of Braganza , from 1660–81.
Katherine de la Pole, Countess of Suffolk (born around 1376 – 8 April 1419) was a daughter of Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, and his wife Lady Philippa de Beauchamp. By her marriage to Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk , she became known as the Countess of Suffolk .
Henry Howard, then heir to the earldom of Suffolk, was created 1st Earl of Bindon at the end of 1706, [2] making his wife a countess. He became Earl of Suffolk in 1709. In 1706, Henry Howard's youngest brother, Charles, married his sister-in-law's namesake, Henrietta Hobart, the ward of Henry and Charles's father, the 5th Earl of Suffolk. This ...
The Countess of Suffolk told the resident ambassador Juan de Tassis, 1st Count of Villamediana that she deserved jewels, cash, and a pension for her services. [17] Spanish agents discussed the possibility of "liberty of conscience" with her, a plan that Catholics might be allowed to worship in private in Protestant England.