Maria Walpole

Maria Walpole
Countess Waldegrave
Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Portrait by Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1779
Born(1736-07-10)10 July 1736
St James's, Westminster, Middlesex (now London)
Died22 August 1807(1807-08-22) (aged 71)
Oxford Lodge, Brompton, Middlesex (now London)
Burial31 August 1807
Spouse
(m. 1759; died 1763)
Issue
FatherEdward Walpole
MotherDorothy Clement

Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (née Walpole; 10 July 1736 – 22 August 1807) was a member of the British royal family. She was the Countess Waldegrave from 1759 to 1766, as a result of her first marriage to James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave. Her second husband was Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, whom she married in 1766.

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