Rachel Bourchier, Countess of Bath

1656 miniature portrait of Lady Rachel Fane, by David des Granges (1611-1675), Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
The Dowager Countess of Bath, later Countess of Middlesex
Marble statue of Rachel, Countess of Bath, St Peter's Church, Tawstock

Rachel Bourchier, Countess of Bath[a] (née Fane; 28 January 1613 – 11 November 1680), wife of Henry Bourchier, 5th Earl of Bath (1587-1654), was an English noblewoman and writer,[1] best known for her activities during the English Civil War.


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  1. ^ Caroline Bowden, "The Notebooks of Rachael Fane: Education or Authorship?," in: Early Modern Women's Manuscript Writing, edited by Victoria E. Burke and Jonathan Gibson; London, Ashgate, 2004; pp. 157-80.