No. 139.

LADY ESSEX RICH, COUNTESS OF NOTTINGHAM.

By Sir Peter Lely.

Seated. Light blue dress. White sleeves.

SHE was the daughter, and one of the co-heirs of Robert Earl of Warwick. She married (as his first wife) Daniel Finch, second Earl of Nottingham, who afterwards succeeded his father (the famous Chancellor) as Earl of Winchilsea. Lady Essex Rich had one daughter, married to the Marquis of Halifax.


No. 140.

FIRST VISCOUNT WEYMOUTH.