Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria Paston, Countess of Yarmouth (née FitzRoy; – 28 July 1684) was one of the many acknowledged illegitimate children of Charles II of England. Her mother, Elizabeth Killigrew Boyle, wife of

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(afterwards Viscount Shannon in Ireland), had been a

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to Charles II's mother, Queen Henrietta Maria. 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 William Paston, later the second

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, a member of the

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, and had

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. Both William and his father were in high favour with the Stuarts. Charlotte died on 28 July 1684 in

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and was buried at

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on 4 August 1684.

Children

With her first husband, James Howard (d. 1669), Lady Charlotte had a daughter: * Stuarta Werburge Howard (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, William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth: * Charles Paston, Lord Paston (29 May 1673 – 15 December 1718), of Oxnead Hall,

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** Lord Paston was married to Elizabeth Pitt and had a daughter, Hon. Elizabeth Paston. * Lady Charlotte Paston (1675–1736) ** She married Thomas Herne of

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. Lady Charlotte was also married to a Major Weldron. * Lady Rebecca Paston (14 January 1680/1681–1726) ** She married Sir John Holland, 2nd Baronet; had issue of at least three children. * Hon. William Paston (1682–1711), a captain in the Royal Navy; died unmarried

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