| 词条 | Elizabeth Berkeley, Countess Berkeley |
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Elizabeth Berkeley, Countess Berkeley (c.1720 – 29 June 1792), formerly Elizabeth Drax, was a British court official, the wife of Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley. She was the daughter of Henry Drax and his wife, the former Elizabeth Ernle.[1] She married the earl on 7 May 1744. Their children were:
From 1745 to 1772, she held the position of Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales (The Dowager Princess of Wales from 1751), Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.[3] Following the earl's death in 1755, the countess remarried. Her second husband was Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, whom she married on 2 January 1757. They had two children:
The countess had her portrait painted in 1759 by Sir Joshua Reynolds.[5] Following her death, she was buried with her first husband in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. References1. ^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 142. {{DEFAULTSORT:Berkeley, Elizabeth, Countess Berkeley}}2. ^ C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 80 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.history.ac.uk/office/augusta.html|title=Household of Princess Augusta 1736-72 |website=Institute of Historical Research}} 4. ^L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 44. 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.wikiart.org/en/joshua-reynolds/elizabeth-drax-countess-of-berkeley-1760|title=Elizabeth Drax, Countess of Berkeley|website=wikiart|access-date=16 January 2018}} 7 : 1720s births|1792 deaths|18th-century English people|18th-century English women|English countesses|Ladies of the Bedchamber|Nugent family |
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