Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria Paston, Countess of Yarmouth (née FitzRoy; – 28 July 1684) was one of the many acknowledged illegitimate children of

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. Her mother, Elizabeth Killigrew Boyle, wife of

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(afterwards Viscount Shannon in Ireland), had been a maid of honour to Charles II's mother,

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. Charlotte married firstly James Howard,Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 256. with whom she had a daughter, Stuarta. In 1672 she married

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, later the second Earl of Yarmouth, a member of the Paston family, and had issue. Both William and

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were in high favour with the Stuarts. Charlotte died on 28 July 1684 in London and was buried at Westminster Abbey on 4 August 1684.

Children

With her first husband, James Howard (d. 1669), Lady Charlotte had a daughter: * Stuarta Werburge

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(d. 1706); died unmarried ** Stuarta was a lady-in-waiting to

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. She was nearly married to the 1st Earl of Portland, but their engagement was abandoned. This resulted in a duel between Lord Portland and her stepfather, Yarmouth. Charlotte FitzRoy had at least four more children by her second husband,

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: * Charles Paston, Lord Paston (29 May 1673 – 15 December 1718), of

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Hall, Norfolk ** Lord Paston was married to Elizabeth Pitt and had a daughter, Hon. Elizabeth Paston. * Lady Charlotte Paston (1675–1736) ** She married Thomas Herne of Haveringland Hall, Norfolk, and had a son, Paston Herne, whose illegitimate daughter Anne Herne married Sir Everard Buckworth (later Buckworth-Herne), 5th Baronet, and was the mother of Sir Buckworth Buckworth-Herne-Soame, 6th Baronet. Lady Charlotte was also married to a Major Weldron. * Lady Rebecca Paston (14 January 1680/1681–1726) ** She married

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; had issue of at least three children. * Hon. William Paston (1682–1711), a captain in the Royal Navy; died unmarried

References

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