The Countess of Bridgewater is a title used by the wife or widow of an Earl of Bridgewater. The Countesses of Bridgewater include:
First creation (1538) Person Name Born Marriage Became Countess of Bridgewater Consort Ceased to be Countess Died Notes Katherine Howard 1497 19 July 1538 Title creation Henry Daubeney, 1st Earl of Bridgewater 8 May 1554
Second creation (1617) Person Name Born Marriage Became Countess of Bridgewater Consort Ceased to be Countess Died Notes Frances Stanley May 1583 27 June 1602 27 May 1617 Title creation John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater 11 March 1636 Elizabeth Cavendish 1626 1641 4 December 1649 Husband's succession John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater 14 July 1663 English writer and daughter of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle and Elizabeth Basset Howard Jane Paulet 1656 2 April 1673 26 October 1686 Husband's succession John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater 19 March 1701 Husband died 23 May 1716 daughter of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, and Mary Scrope Elizabeth Churchill 15 March 1687 9 February 1703 Scroop Egerton, 4th Earl of Bridgewater 22 March 1714 daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and Sarah Jenyns Rachel Russell 1707 4 August 1722 11 January 1744 Husband died 1777 the only Duchess of Bridgewater (by marriage) Charlotte Haynes 20 November 1763 14 January 1783 8 March 1803 Husband's succession John Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgewater 21 October 1823 11 February 1849 English philanthropist and the last Countess of Bridgewater
See also Elizabeth Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater (disambiguation)
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