Barbara Palmer, duchess of Cleveland [née Villiers]

(1640-1709)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cleveland, Barbara Villiers Palmer, Duchess of, 1641-1709 DNB: Palmer [née Villiers], Barbara, countess of Castlemaine and suo jure duchess of Cleveland (bap. 1640, d. 1709), royal mistress LBT ID: DsCleve VIAF ID: 40616627 LOC ID: n50028639	B/BAP: 1640-11-27 DIED: 1709-10-09
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The daughter of William Villiers, second viscount Grandison (1614-1643) and mistress of Charles II, who granted her the title in 1670. Her sexual adventures were detailed in Delarivier Manley's The New Atalantis (1709).
REFERENCES TO Barbara Palmer, duchess of Cleveland [née Villiers]: Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Mr. Moore. Found 1: ¶ 4 Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XV Found 1: ¶ 15