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Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk. Early years. Henrietta was the daughter of the irascible Sir Henry Hobart of Blickling Hall in Norfolk and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Joseph Maynard, an eminent judge. Her father was killed in a duel in 1698 and her mother died in 1701 at Gunnersbury House in Middlesex.
The Mistress of Marble Hill. Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk. Born 11th May 1689, died 26th July 1767. ‘There is a greater court now at Marble Hill than at Kensington’, wrote Alexander Pope to a friend in August 1735, ‘and God knows when it will end.’. Pope was one of many celebrated poets and artists who flocked to the Thames ...
Howard, Henrietta (1688–1767)English patron and mistress of King George II. Name variations: Countess of Suffolk; Lady Suffolk; Henrietta Hobart. Born Henrietta Hobart in Norfolk, England, in 1688 (some sources cite 1681); died on July 26, 1767, in Marble Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex; daughter of Sir John Hobart and Elizabeth Maynard (d. 1701); married Charles Howard (b.
Born in 1688 into the Hobart family of Blickling Hall, Norfolk; Henrietta was orphaned after her father died in a duel when she was 10 and her mother died three years later. She made a disastrous marriage to Charles Howard who turned out to be a gambling drunkard who enjoyed mistreating his wife at every available opportunity.
9 de set. de 2020 · Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk, became the mistress of the future King George II of Great Britain in 1714 and maintained a relationship with him until 1734. source: Wikipedia Henrietta Hobart was born in 1689 at Blickling Hall in Norfolk, the family home of her parents, Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet of Intwood , and Elizabeth Maynard.
4 de jan. de 2021 · 540 pages (large print) ; 24 cm Henrietta Howard, later Countess of Suffolk, was the long-term mistress and confidante of King George II. This book provides an insight into the dynamics of the Georgian court, and reveals a woman who was far more than the mistress to the King: a dedicated patron of the arts; and, a lively and talented intellectual in her own right
Henrietta Howard’s Garden at Marble Hill. In the early 18th century, ideas about garden design were changing fast. Until about 1710, formal gardens had dominated for decades, and from the 1730s a new ‘pastoral’ style, today known as the English landscape garden, took a firm hold. The garden at Marble Hill is a rare surviving example of a ...
