Tag: Elizabeth Churchill

1 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Charles Jervas’ Lady Elizabeth Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater, with Footnotes. #151

Jan 3, 2023

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in Portait of a Lady, Portrate of a Lady

Elizabeth Churchill was the third daughter and co-heiress of the great English general John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. She married Scroope Egerton 4th Earl of Bridgewater in February 1703. “Scroop held various high offices at Court in successive reigns; and ‘in consideration of his great merits’ was created in 1720 Duke of Bridgewater. He and…