Lady Elizabeth Butler, Countess of Derby (1660–1717), was an English court official. She served as

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to queen

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between 1689 and 1694. She was the daughter of Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory and

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. She married

William Richard George Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby William Richard George Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby (c. 1655 – 5 November 1702), styled Lord Strange from 1655 to 1672, was an English peer and politician. Derby was the eldest son of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, and Dorotha Helena Kir ...

, in 1673. When the household of queen Mary II was officially formed, Elizabeth Butler was appointed on 22 April 1689 to the position of principal lady-in-waiting with the title Groom of the Stole and Mistress of the Robes. She was given a salary of £1200 per annum (£800 as groom of the stole, and £400 as mistress of the Robes). Following the death of her husband, she was engaged in a Chancery case with his brother and her two daughters Henrietta and Elizabeth concerning her

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* G. E. Cokayne, ''The Complete Peerage'' (1910–1959) (Ormonde). * A. Strickland, ''Lives of the Queens of England'', London (1888) * http://courtofficers.ctsdh.luc.edu/MaryII.list.pdf {{s-end 1660 births 1717 deaths Mistresses of the Robes Elizabeth Court of James II of England Daughters of Irish earls

Derby Derby ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area on the River Derwent, Derbyshire, River Derwent in Derbyshire, England. Derbyshire is named after Derby, which was its original co ...