Elizabeth Ilive | |
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_-_Elizabeth_Iliffe_(1769%E2%80%931822),_Countess_of_Egremont_-_486814_-_National_Trust.jpg) portrait by Thomas Phillips | |
| Born | 1769  |
| Died | 30 December 1822 (aged 52–53) |
| Spouse(s) | George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont |
| Children | George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield, Henry Wyndham, Charles Wyndham, Frances Wyndham, Charlotte Wyndham, Lady Elizabeth Wyndham |
Elizabeth Ilive (or Iliffe; c.1769[1] – 30 December 1822[2]) was an English polymath. She was the mistress and later wife of George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont. She was the mother of eight of his children.
Elizabeth Ilive came from Oxford and her father may have been a printer[3] and/or a master at Westminster School.[4] She became Wyndham's mistress in 1785.[5] They were married in 1801, but only one of their children, a daughter who died in infancy in 1803, was born in wedlock. Soon afterwards, the couple separated.
The children born to the couple prior to their marriage were:
- Colonel George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield (1787–1869);[6] George inherited his father's unentailed estates, including Petworth House in Sussex, Leconfield Castle in Yorkshire and Egremont Castle in Cumbria, in preference to the earl's nephew George Wyndham, 4th Earl of Egremont, who inherited the title. Colonel Wyndham was created Baron Leconfield in 1859. He married Mary Fanny Blunt, and had children, including Henry Wyndham, 2nd Baron Leconfield.
- Frances Wyndham (1789–1848), who married Sir Charles Burrell, 3rd Baronet, and had children.
- General Sir Henry Wyndham (1790–1860), who married Elizabeth Somerset but had no children.
- Edward Wyndham (1792–1792)
- William Wyndham (1793–1794)
- Charlotte Henrietta Wyndham (1795–1870), who married John James King, the son of John King, and had children.[7]
- Colonel Charles Wyndham (1796–1866), who married Elizabeth Anne Hepburne-Scott, daughter of Lord Polwarth, but had no children.[8]
- ^ Haggarty, Sarah (2010). Blake's gifts : poetry and the politics of exchange. Cambridge, UK New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 203. ISBN 9780521117289.
- ^ Burke's Peerage & baronetage. Vol. 1 (106 ed.). Crans, Switzerland : Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books). 1999. p. 958. ISBN 978-2-940085-02-6.
- ^ Esther Chadwick (20 March 2018). "William Blake at heaven's gate". Apollo Magazine. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "The 3rd earl and his mistress". National Trust. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "Elizabeth Ilive - a woman ahead of her time". National Trust. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ Charles Mosley (ed.), Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th edition, 1999, entry "Egremont".
- ^ E. Walford (1882). The County Families of the United Kingdom. Рипол Классик. p. 358. ISBN 978-5-87194-361-8.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 1289.