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Elizabeth Churchill, Countess of Bridgewater

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on 29 March 1714. After her death, her husband was created Duke of Bridgewater, remarried and had other children. Her daughter Anne Egerton was first taken care of by her paternal grandmother, but after finding that the child "very ill cared for", Sarah decided to look after her as her own daughter.
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informed the news to the Marlboroughs. She also consoled Sarah that "Nobody suffered less under that disease and her death was as if she only had gone to sleep." Hearing the news of his beloved daughter's death, the
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Elizabeth was described as "agreeably tall" and spoke "without saying too much or too little". Of four sisters, who were all exquisite beauties, Elizabeth was the most beautiful. While Elizabeth and her sister
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According to an Act of Parliament on 21 June 1706, allowing the 1st Duke's daughters to inherit his English title, Elizabeth became co-heir of her father like her other sisters Henrietta, Anne and Mary.
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had tough relationship with Sarah. Elizabeth also had an especially close relationship with her sister Anne Churchill.
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Elizabeth Churchill was born on 15 March 1687. She was the fourth daughter and fifth child of
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gave a gift of 5,000 pounds to Elizabeth, as she had done to Elizabeth's two older sisters
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fainted, hitting his head on a marble mantlepiece. The death of Elizabeth also worsened
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Elizabeth Churchill died on 22 March 1714. The reason of her death was smallpox.
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on 23 June 1733 and had two sons with him. Through Anne, they are ancestors of
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and had no issue. After the Duke of Bedford passed away, she remarried to
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Portrait of Elizabeth Churchill, Countess of Bridgewater, circa 1710–1714
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were Sarah's favourite children, Elizabeth's oldest and youngest sisters
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On 9 February 1703, at fourteen years old, Elizabeth Churchill married
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Her son, John Egerton, died of smallpox when he was 15 years old.
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Elizabeth Churchill and Scroop Egerton had three children:
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of Anecdotes, and Memoirs of a Great Number of Persons
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Some sources note that she was born in 1688, such as .
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Index

The Right Honourable

Jane Paulet
Little Gaddesden
Noble family
Churchill
Egerton
Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater
John Egerton, Viscount Brackley
Anne Egerton, Duchess of Bedford
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Sarah Jenyns
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Sarah Jenyns
Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
The Duke of Marlborough
Mary
The Duchess of Marlborough
Henrietta
Anne
John
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Sarah Jenyns
Barbara Villiers, Viscountess Fitzhardinge
Anne
Henrietta
Mary

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