Alicia Wyndham, Countess of Egremont (c.1726 – 1 June 1794), formerly the Hon. Alicia Maria Carpenter, was the wife of
Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont
Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, PC (19 August 171021 August 1763), of Orchard Wyndham in Somerset, Petworth House in Sussex, and of Egremont House in Mayfair, London, was a British statesman who served as Secretary of State for the Sout ...
.
She was the daughter of
George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter of Killaghy, a soldier and MP, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Petty. Her brother, George, became
Earl of Tyrconnell
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It was first created in 1603, for Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, formerly king of Tyrconnell, along with the subsidiary title Baron Donegal. The 1 ...
.
Alicia married the earl on 12 March 1750.
The earl and countess had six children:
*
George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
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(1751–1837), who succeeded his father in the earldom;
*
Lady Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham (1752–1826), who married
Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon
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, and had children;
*
Lady Frances Wyndham (1755–1795), who married
Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney
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, and had children;
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Hon. Percy Charles Wyndham (1757–1833), who died unmarried;
*
Hon. Charles William Wyndham (1760–1828), who married Lady Anne Barbara Frances Villiers and had no children;
*
Hon. William Frederick Wyndham (1763–1828),
[. Note: The countess's name is printed as "Almeria"] who married Frances Mary Harford, daughter of
Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore
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, and had children; his second wife was Julia de Smorzewska, Countess de Spyterki, by whom he also had children.
In 1761 she became the first
Lady of the Bedchamber
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to
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Sophia Charlotte; 19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was Queen of Great Britain and of Ireland as the wife of King George III from their marriage on 8 September 1761 until the union of the two kingdoms ...
, queen consort of
King George III of the United Kingdom; she remained in the queen's household until her death in 1794.
On 6 June 1767, following the death of her first husband, she married Count
Hans Moritz von Brühl.
[Carpenter, John R. ''Carpenters' Encyclopedia of Carpenters 2009'' (DVD format). George Carpenter the 2nd is RIN 11686.] They had one child, Harriet Brühl, who died in 1853. Harriet married
Hugh Scott, 6th
Lord Polwarth, and had children (including
Henry Hepburne-Scott, 7th Lord Polwarth).
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1720s births
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Alicia Alicia may refer to:
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Court of George III of the United Kingdom
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