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Catharine Sedley, countess of Dorchester
(1657-1717)
NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Dorchester, Catherine Sedley, Countess of, 1657-1717
NRA:    Sedley Sir Charles (? 1639-1701) Knight Wit and Dramatist
DNB:    Sedley, Catharine, suo jure countess of Dorchester, and countess of Portmore (1657–1717), royal mistress
LBT ID: CaSedle1717    VIAF ID: 61492764    LOC ID: nr2003039951		B/BAP:   1657-12-21
DIED:   1717-10-26
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thepeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
The daughter of Sir Charles Sedley, she was the mistress of James II; her daughter married John Sheffield, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby.
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