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Jane Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater

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Portrait of Lady Jane (Anne) Powlett, later Countess of Bridgewater, c. 1670, circle of Sir Peter Lely

Jane Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater (c.1656 – 23 May 1716), was the second wife of John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater. She was a daughter of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, by his second wife Mary Scrope.

Jane had nine children with the 3rd Earl:

The eldest son, Viscount Brackley, and his younger brother Thomas, died aged 11 and 7 respectively, along with their private tutor, in a fire which destroyed the family's London home of Bridgwater House.[1] Both boys were buried on 14 April 1687 at Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire.[2] This left a younger brother, Scroop, as the heir to the earldom.

Following her husband's death, Jane was known by the title "Dowager Countess of Bridgewater". In 1724 a controversy arose over the distribution of property in her will, causing her daughter Elizabeth to instigate a court case.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Bridgewater Square". London Gardens Online. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. ^ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 313.
  3. ^ Josiah Brown (1803). Reports of Cases Upon Appeals and Writs of Error Determined in the High Court of Parliament. J. Butterworth. pp. 79–.