Charlotte Paston, Countess of Yarmouth
Illegitimate daughter of Charles II of England
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Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria Paston, Countess of Yarmouth (née FitzRoy; c. 1650 – 28 July 1684) was one of the many acknowledged illegitimate children of Charles II of England.[1]
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c. 1650
Westminster Abbey
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| Born | Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria FitzRoy c. 1650 |
| Died | 28 July 1684 (aged 33–34) |
| Buried | 4 August 1684 Westminster Abbey |
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| Father | Charles II of England |
| Mother | Elizabeth Killigrew, Viscountess Shannon |
Her mother, Elizabeth Boyle,[2] wife of Francis Boyle (afterwards Viscount Shannon in Ireland), had been a maid of honour to Charles II's mother, Queen Henrietta Maria.
Charlotte married firstly James Howard,[3] with whom she had a daughter, Stuarta. In 1672, she married William Paston, later the second Earl of Yarmouth, a member of the Paston family, and had issue. Both William and his father, Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth, were in high favour with the Stuarts. [citation needed]
Charlotte died on 28 July 1684 in London and was buried at Westminster Abbey on 4 August 1684.
Children
With her first husband, James Howard (d. 1669), Lady Charlotte had a daughter:
- Stuarta Werburge Howard, who died unmarried in 1706. Stuarta was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Mary II. She was nearly married to the 1st Earl of Portland, but their engagement was abandoned. This resulted in a duel between Lord Portland and her stepfather, Yarmouth. [citation needed]
Charlotte FitzRoy had at least four more children by her second husband, William Paston, who in 1683 became Earl of Yarmouth:
- Charles Paston, Lord Paston (29 May 1673 – 15 December 1718), of Oxnead Hall, Norfolk. He later married Elizabeth Pitt and had a daughter, Elizabeth Paston.
- Lady Charlotte Paston (1675–1736), who married Thomas Herne of Haveringland Hall, Norfolk, and had a son, Paston Herne, whose illegitimate daughter Anne Herne married Sir Everard Buckworth (later Buckworth-Herne), 5th Baronet, and was the mother of Sir Buckworth Buckworth-Herne-Soame, 6th Baronet. Lady Charlotte was also married to a Major Weldron.
- Lady Rebecca Paston (14 January 1680/1681–1726), who married Sir John Holland, 2nd Baronet; and with him had at least three children.
- Hon. William Paston (1682–1711), a captain in the Royal Navy; died unmarried
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