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PRINCIPAL STAIRCASE.

No. 1.


GRACE, COUNTESS OF DYSART.

Pale yellow dress. Leaning her elbow on a table.

DIED 1744.

By Wright.

She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Wilbraham of Woodhey, County Chester, by Elizabeth, daughter and sole heir of Edward Mytton, Esq., of Weston-under-Lizard, County Stafford. She married, 1680, Lionel Tollemache, Earl of Dysart, and, becoming co-heir with her sister, the Countess of Bradford, took large estates to her husband's family. Lady Dysart had one son, who died v.p., and two daughters.