Alicia Wyndham, Countess of Egremont
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The Countess of Egremont | |
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_-_The_Honourable_Alicia_Maria_Carpenter_(1729–1794),_Countess_of_Egremont_(the_face_after_Jean-Étienne_Liotard)_-_485051_-_National_Trust.jpg) Alicia Maria Carpenter, Countess of Egremont (Thomas Phillips) | |
| Born | 1726 |
| Died | 1 June 1794 (aged 67–68) |
| Spouse(s) | Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont |
| Issue | 6 |
| Father | George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter |
| Mother | Elizabeth Petty |
Alicia Wyndham, Countess of Egremont (c. 1726 – 1 June 1794), formerly the Hon. Alicia Maria Carpenter, was the wife of Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont.
She was the daughter of George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter of Killaghy, a soldier and MP, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Petty. Her brother, George, became Earl of Tyrconnell.
Alicia married the earl on 12 March 1750.[1][2]
The earl and countess had six children:
- George O'Brien Wyndham (1751–1837), who succeeded his father in the earldom;
- Lady Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham (1752–1826), who married Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon, and had children;
- Lady Frances Wyndham (1755–1795), who married Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney, and had children;
- Hon. Percy Charles Wyndham (1757–1833), who died unmarried;
- Hon. Charles William Wyndham (1760–1828), who married Lady Anne Barbara Frances Villiers and had no children;
- Hon. William Frederick Wyndham (1763–1828),[3] who married Frances Mary Harford, daughter of Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, and had children; his second wife was Julia de Smorzewska, Countess de Spyterki, by whom he also had children.
In 1761 she became the first Lady of the Bedchamber to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen consort of King George III the United Kingdom; she remained in the queen's household until her death in 1794.[4]
On 6 June 1767, following the death of her first husband, she married Count Hans Moritz von Brühl.[5] They had one child, Harriet Brühl, who died in 1853. Harriet married Hugh Scott, 6th Lord Polwarth, and had children (including Henry Hepburne-Scott, 7th Lord Polwarth).