Maids of Honour to Queen Caroline of Ansbach
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Maids of Honour to Queen Caroline of Ansbach
1727. Mary Meadows[1].
1727. Bridget Carteret[2].
1727. Anna Maria Mordaunt[3].
1727. Penelope Dive[4].
1727. Hon Anne Vane[5].
1727. Hon Mary Fitzwilliam[6].
1729. Dorothy Dive[7].
1732. Hon Martha Lovelace. Appointed March 1732[8].
1732. Ms Mackenzie. Appointed Nov 1732 in place of Anna Maria Mordaunt[9].
1732. Ms Pointz[10].
1733. Anne Pitt. Appointed March 1733[11].
1733. Margaret/Anne Williams. Appointed Sept 1733[12].
Mary Meadows, probably daughter of Sir Philip Meadows (b 1650; d 1718).
Bridget Carteret, probably daughter of Edward Carteret MP, Postmaster-General 1721-39 (d 15 Apr 1739), by Bridget, daughter of Sir Thomas Exton MP (d 1688).
Anne Maria Mordaunt, daughter of Brig-Gen Hon Lewis Mordaunt (d 2 Feb 1713), by Mary Collyer, Mordaunt himself was younger brother of Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and younger son of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt.
Penelope Dive/Dyves, daughter of Sir Lewis Dive/Dyves, of Bromham, Bedfordshire, by Anne Coke.
Hon Anne Vane, daughter of Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard. She was b 17 Sept 1710. She was the mistress of Frederick, Prince of Wales and is known to history as “The Hon Mrs Vane”.
Hon Mary Fitzwilliam, daughter of Richard Fitzwilliam, 5th Viscount Fitzwilliam. She was b 8 Sept 1707 and married twice. Her first marriage was on 28 Aug 1733 to Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke. Her second marriage was on 4 Sept 1751 to a North Ludlow Bernard.
Dorothy Dive/Dyves, perhaps younger sister of Penelope as above.
Hon Martha Lovelace, daughter of John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace. She married 24 June 1739, Col Lord Henry Beauclerk MP (d 6 Jan 1761), fourth son of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans. She was also a friend of the poetess Mary Jones (d 10 Feb 1778).
Ms Mackenzie. Unknown.
Ms Pointz/Poyntz (?). Unknown. Perhaps related to the Poyntz family.
Anne Pitt. She was the younger daughter of Robert Pitt MP, of Boconnoc House, Cornwall (d 21 May 1727) and was thus sister of William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham. She d unm 9 Feb 1781.
Margaret/Anne Williams. Unknown.
[1] Transferred from household when a princess, 1727. First occurrence 1728 (Magnae Britanniae Notitia, pt iii, p 264. In office 20 Nov 1737 on death of Queen Caroline of Ansbach (Add MS 27543, f 3).
[2]Transferred from household when a princess, 1727. First occurrence 1728 (Magnae Britanniae Notitia, pt iii, p 264). In office 20 Nov 1737 on death of Queen Caroline of Ansbach (Add MS 27543, f 3).
[3] Transferred from household when a princess, 1727. First occurrence 1728 (Magnae Britanniae Notitia, pt iii, p 264). Vacant by Nov 1732 (Gentleman’s Magazine (1732), ii, p 1084.
[4] Transferred from household when a princess, 1727. First occurrence 1728 (Magnae Britanniae Notitia, pt iii, p 264.
[5] Transferred from household when a princess, 1727. Occurrence 1728-29 (Magnae Britanniae Notitia, pt iii, p 264; ibid (1729), pt iii, p 264). She was the eldest daughter of Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard and sister of Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington. She was notorious “Mrs Anne Vane” as mistress of Frederick, Prince of Wales.
[6] Transferred from household when a princess, 1727. First occurrence 1728 (Magnae Britanniae Notitia, pt iii, p 264). Vacant by Sept 1733 on marriage to the 9th Earl of Pembroke (Gentleman’s Magazine (1733), iii, p 496).
[7] First occurrence 1729 (Magnae Britanniae Notitia (1729), pt iii, p 264. In office 20 Nov 1737 on death of Queen Caroline of Ansbach (Add MS 27543, f 3).
[8] Gentleman’s Magazine (1732), ii, p 1084. In office 20 Nov 1737 on death of Queen Caroline of Ansbach (Add MS 27543, f 3). She was the fourth daughter of John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace. She married 24 June 1739, Col Lord Henry Beauclerk MP (d 6 Jan 1761), fourth son of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans.
[9] Gentleman’s Magazine (1732), ii, p 1084.
[10] Vacant by March 1733 (Gentleman’s Magazine (1733), iii, p 158).
[11] Appointed in place of Ms Pointz (Gentleman’s Magazine (1733), iii, p 158). In office 20 Nov 1737 on death of Queen Caroline of Ansbach (Add MS 27543, f 3).
[12] Appointed as “Margaret” in place of Hon Mary Fitzwilliam (Gentleman’s Magazine (1733), iii, p 496). Occurrence as “Anne” 1735-37. In office 20 Nov 1737 on death of Queen Caroline of Ansbach (Add MS 27543, f 3).
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Paul Theroff
https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book//lookupid?key=olbp58786
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https://electricscotland.com/history/celtic/celtic_magazine_4.pdf
There is a document online with a full list of everyone in the Queen's Household.
It lists twenty-three of them (if I counted correctly)
Maids of Honour c. 1715-1737 In 1716 six maids of honour made £200 per annum apiece. By Michaelmas 1727 this was raised to £300. 1. Add. MSS. 61492, f. 233; RA EB 18; Chamberlayne [1728] II iii, 264. 1715 9 Feb. Forester, M. 1715 9 Feb. Lepell, M. 1715 9 Feb. Warburton, J. 1715 3 Nov. Bellenden, Lady M. 1715 3 Nov. Howe, S. 1715 3 Nov. Meadows, M. 1715 3 Nov. Smith, J. By 1717 Carteret, B. 1720 1 Nov. Howe, M. 1720 1 Nov. Noel, -- 1721 1 Feb. Howard, M. 1724 14 Oct. Mordaunt, A. M. 1725 7 Feb. Dive, P. 1725 18 Aug. Vane, A. By 1726 Compton, -- 1726 27 Apr. Fitzwilliam, M. By 1727 Dive, D. 1732 Mar. Lovelace, M. 1732 Nov. Mackenzie, -- By 1733 Pointz, -- 1733 Mar. Pitt, A. 1733 Aug. Schutz, -- 1733 Sept. Williams, M.
https://courtofficers.ctsdh.luc.edu/lists/List%2016%20Household%20of%20Princess%20Caroline%20List.pdf
Paul Theroff
However, Countess Spencer's mother was the Anna Maria Mordaunt who is also on the list.
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In the volume of the Yale Walpole containing the letters between Walpole and Anne Pitt, the editors supply a biographical footnote (see attached).
Walpole wrote of her in 1774:
"Lady Bute desires me to tell you that Mrs. Anne Pitt is going to Pisa, and that I would recommend her to yon. I should do that on
my own account, as I am very intimate with her. You know she is Lord Chatham's sister, as well as his very ioiage ; but you must take care not to make your court to her on that head, as they are no dear friends. She has excellent parts, a great deal of wit and not so sweet a temper as to contradict the likeness of her features... She is extremely well-bred, and knows the world perfectly. In short, she will be much pleased with your attentions, and will please you in a very different way from the generality of our exports. I dread sending you any body that I
have not known long, and some that I do ; but there is no danger from Mrs. Pitt, who has always lived in the great world, and is not of an age to play the fool — especially on a small theatre. She has not succeeded so well as she intended on a very large one [meaning as Privy Purse to Pss of Wales] ; but you may depend upon it, Tuscany will not tempt her. I will not answer but she may take liberties with some that have been
tempted by great duchies [referring to Dss of Cumberland]; but you will have the prudence not to seem to hear what it is better not to answer. "
When she died, all Walpole wrote was "Poor Lady Dick is dead, and Mrs Anne Pitt; the latter in a madhouse."
Paul Theroff
that should be "his very image". I copied the text from an online version which was apparently prepared by a computer which mis-read many words. I corrected most of the errors but missed this one.