Henrietta d'Auverquerque, Countess of Grantham (died 11 October 1724), formerly Lady Henrietta Butler, was an English noblewoman and the wife of
Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham.
History
Henrietta was the youngest daughter of
Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, and a sister of
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
James FitzJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, (1665–1745) was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the third of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the Earl of Ormond (Ireland), earldom of Ormond. Like his grandfather, the 1st Duke, ...
, a well-known
Jacobite nobleman. Her mother,
Emilia, was a Dutch noblewoman; Henrietta was thus a first cousin of her husband, whose father was Emilia's brother. They were married on 12 January 1697 and had the following children:
*Henry (1697–1718), styled Viscount Boston
*Thomas (1700–1730), styled
Viscount Boston, who died unmarried.
* Lady Frances de Nassau d'Auverquerque (died 1772), who married Captain (later Lieutenant-Colonel)
William Elliot of Wells, and had one child who died in infancy
* Emilia Mary (c.1702–1712)
* Lady Henrietta de Nassau d'Auverquerque (1712–1747), who married
William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper
William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper (13 August 1709 – 18 September 1764), styled Viscount Fordwich between 1718 and 1723, was an English peer and courtier.
Born William Cowper, he was the eldest son of William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper a ...
, and was the mother of
George Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper
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[Hugh Belsey, ‘Cowper, George Nassau Clavering, third Earl Cowper (1738–1789)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008]
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From 1718 until her death in 1724, the countess was a Lady of the Bedchamber
Lady of the Bedchamber is the title of a lady-in-waiting holding the official position of personal attendant on a British queen regnant or queen consort. The position is traditionally held by the wife of a peer. A lady of the bedchamber would gi ...
to Caroline of Ansbach
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, then Princess of Wales.
References
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1724 deaths
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English countesses
English people of Dutch descent
Daughters of Irish earls
House of Orange-Nassau
Ladies of the Bedchamber
Court of George I of Great Britain
Household of Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach