Lot Essay
Juliana, Duchess of Leeds, was the daughter and co-heir of Roger Hele of Holwell, Devonshire, and married Peregrine Hyde, 3rd Duke of Leeds, on 9 April 1725, as his third wife. After the Duke's death on 9 May 1731, she married the Earl of Portmore. She died on 20 November 1794.
Lady Charlotte Hamilton was the daughter of James, 1st Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, and his second wife Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Digby, 5th Lord Gerard. On 1 May 1736 she married Charles Edwin of Dunraven. She died on 5 February 1777.
Henrietta, Countess of Pomfret was the only surviving child of John, 2nd Baron Jeffreys of Wem, and his wife Lady Charlotte Herbert. On 14 July 1720 she married Thomas Fermor, 2nd Baron Lempster, later created Earl of Pomfret. In 1727 he was elected a K.B. and appointed Master of the Horse to Queen Caroline. After the death of the Queen, Henrietta and her husband retired from the Court and toured Europe for several years, and there are numerous accounts in contemporary letters of them in society on the Continent. Lady Pomfret, a great letter-writer, was often ridiculed for posing as an academic. Her letters, which came into the possession of Lady Bute, were initially thought not worth publishing, but they were eventually printed in three volumes in 1805. She died on 15 December 1761, and was buried at Easton Neston. The estate was inherited by the eldest son George, who, through his great extravagance, had to sell the furniture and some other parts of the collection at Easton Neston to pay his debts; the highly important collection of statues and sculpture, formed by his father, was bought by Lady Pomfret, after they had suffered much from neglect, and she gave them to Oxford University.
Lady Isabella Tufton was the fifth daughter of Thomas Tufton, Earl of Thanet, Lord Clifford. She married firstly Lord Nassau Paulett, and secondly Sir Francis Blake Delaval, K.B. She died on 10 January 1764.
Lady Charlotte Hamilton was the daughter of James, 1st Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, and his second wife Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Digby, 5th Lord Gerard. On 1 May 1736 she married Charles Edwin of Dunraven. She died on 5 February 1777.
Henrietta, Countess of Pomfret was the only surviving child of John, 2nd Baron Jeffreys of Wem, and his wife Lady Charlotte Herbert. On 14 July 1720 she married Thomas Fermor, 2nd Baron Lempster, later created Earl of Pomfret. In 1727 he was elected a K.B. and appointed Master of the Horse to Queen Caroline. After the death of the Queen, Henrietta and her husband retired from the Court and toured Europe for several years, and there are numerous accounts in contemporary letters of them in society on the Continent. Lady Pomfret, a great letter-writer, was often ridiculed for posing as an academic. Her letters, which came into the possession of Lady Bute, were initially thought not worth publishing, but they were eventually printed in three volumes in 1805. She died on 15 December 1761, and was buried at Easton Neston. The estate was inherited by the eldest son George, who, through his great extravagance, had to sell the furniture and some other parts of the collection at Easton Neston to pay his debts; the highly important collection of statues and sculpture, formed by his father, was bought by Lady Pomfret, after they had suffered much from neglect, and she gave them to Oxford University.
Lady Isabella Tufton was the fifth daughter of Thomas Tufton, Earl of Thanet, Lord Clifford. She married firstly Lord Nassau Paulett, and secondly Sir Francis Blake Delaval, K.B. She died on 10 January 1764.