Elizabeth Berkeley, Countess Berkeley

Elizabeth Berkeley, Countess Berkeley (c.1720 29 June 1792), formerly Elizabeth Drax, was a British court official, the wife of Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley.

Elizabeth, Countess Berkeley, painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds c.1759

She was the daughter of Henry Drax and his wife, the former Elizabeth Ernle.[1]

She married the earl on 7 May 1744. Their children were:

From 1745 to 1772, she held the position of Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales (The Dowager Princess of Wales from 1751), Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.[3] Following the earl's death in 1755, the countess remarried. Her second husband was Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, whom she married on 2 January 1757. They had two children:

The countess had her portrait painted in 1759 by Sir Joshua Reynolds.[5] Following her death, she was buried with her first husband in Berkeley, Gloucestershire.

References

  1. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 142.
  2. C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 80
  3. "Household of Princess Augusta 1736-72". Institute of Historical Research. Archived from the original on 15 March 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 44.
  5. "Elizabeth Drax, Countess of Berkeley". wikiart. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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