Biography of Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey -1719

Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey was born to [her father] Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe and [her mother] Lucy Dutton Countess Downe in Cogges Witney, Oxfordshire.

On 2nd June 1631 William Pope 1st Earl Downe [aged 57] died. His grandson [her father] Thomas [aged 8] succeeded 2nd Earl Downe.

On 26th November 1638 [her father] Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe [aged 15] and [her mother] Lucy Dutton Countess Downe were married in Sherborne, Gloucestershire. She by marriage Countess Downe.

In 1654 [her future husband] Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 23] and Mary Massingberd were married. He the son of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey [aged 46] and Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness.

In 1659 Henry Lee 3rd Baronet [aged 21] died of smallpox. His brother [her future husband] Francis [aged 19] succeeded 4th Baronet Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire.

Before 1660 [her future husband] Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 29] and Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey [aged 27] were married. He the son of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey [aged 51] and Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness.

On 28th December 1660 [her father] Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe [aged 38] died. On 11th January 1661 he was buried in Wroxton, Oxfordshire. His uncle Thomas [aged 62] succeeded 3rd Earl Downe.

On 4th February 1663 [her son] Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield was born to [her future husband] Francis Lee 4th Baronet [aged 24] and Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey. He married 6th February 1677 his third cousin Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield, daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland and Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland, and had issue.

John Evelyn's Diary. 20th October 1664. Hence, to see the famous wells, natural and artificial grots and fountains, called Bushell's Wells, at Enstone. This Bushell had been Secretary to my Lord Verulam. It is an extraordinary solitude. There he had two mummies; a grot where he lay in a hammock, like an Indian. Hence, we went to Dichley [Map], an ancient seat of the Lees, now [her future husband] Sir Henry Lee's [aged 25]; it is a low ancient timber-house, with a pretty bowling-green. My Lady gave us an extraordinary dinner. This gentleman's [her future mother-in-law] mother [aged 49] was Countess of Rochester, who was also there, and Sir Walter St. John [aged 42]. There were some pictures of their ancestors, not ill painted; the great-grandfather had been Knight of the Garter [Note. Reference to Henry Lee of Ditchley who was not great-grandfather; he was second-cousin once-removed]; there was a picture of a Pope, and our Savior's head. So we returned to Cornbury.

On 6th April 1665 [her mother] Lucy Dutton Countess Downe [aged 26] died.

On 23rd April 1665 [her son] Francis Henry Lee was born to [her future husband] Francis Lee 4th Baronet [aged 26] and Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey.

On 25th July 1666 Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey [aged 58] died at Campden House, Middlesex. His son [her future husband] Robert [aged 35] succeeded 3rd Earl Lindsey, 16th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey [aged 33] by marriage Countess Lindsey.

Before 4th December 1667 Francis Lee 4th Baronet [aged 28] and Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey were married. She by marriage Lady Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire. She the daughter of Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe and Lucy Dutton Countess Downe. He the son of Francis Henry Lee 2nd Baronet and Anne St John Countess Rochester [aged 53]. They were half fifth cousin once removed.

On 4th December 1667 [her husband] Francis Lee 4th Baronet [aged 28] died. His son Edward [aged 4] succeeded 5th Baronet Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire.

On 6th February 1677 Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 14] and Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Countess Lichfield. She the illegitmate daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 46] and Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland [aged 36]. He the son of Francis Lee 4th Baronet and Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey. They were third cousins.

Before 8th March 1685 Jacob Huysmans [aged 52]. Portrait of Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey as Diana.

In 1698 [her son] Francis Henry Lee [aged 32] died.

Around 1700 Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 69] and Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey were married. She by marriage Countess Lindsey. She the daughter of Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe and Lucy Dutton Countess Downe. He the son of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness.

On 9th May 1701 [her husband] Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 70] died. His son [her step-son] Robert [aged 40] succeeded 4th Earl Lindsey, 17th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven by marriage Countess Lindsey.

On 14th July 1716 Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 53] died. His son George [aged 26] succeeded 2nd Earl Lichfield, 6th Baronet Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire. Frances Hales Countess Lichfield [aged 19] by marriage Countess Lichfield.

In 1719 Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey died.