Lady Mary Butler (1689-1712)
Born 1689
Died 2 January 1712
Buried Ashburnham
Married 21 October 1710
John Ashburnham, 3rd Baron & 1st Earl of Ashburnham, son
of
John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham and Bridget Vaughan
baptised 13 March 1687 St.Margaret's, Westminster
Died 10 March 1737 St.James's Sq, Westminster
She was a daughter of the 2nd Duke of Ormonde and a granddaughter of
the 1st Duke of Beaufort. On 21 October 1710 she married John Ashburnham,
3rd Baron Ashburnham and later the 1st Earl. However, she died aged twenty-three,
in childbirth, on 2 January 1713 and was buried at Ashburnham. According
to Jonathan Swift: "She was my greatest favourite, and I am in excessive
concern for her death, I hardly knew a more valuable person on all accounts."
Source: Leo van de Pas
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