Rachel Wriothesley
| Rachel, Lady Russell | |
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| Born |
c. 1636 Titchfield |
| Died |
29 September 1723 (aged 86–87) Southampton House, Bloomsbury, London |
| Noble family | Wriothesley |
| Spouse(s) | Francis, Lord Vaughan William, Lord Russell |
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| Father | Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton |
| Mother | Rachel de Massue |
Rachel, Lady Russell (née Lady Rachel Wriothesley /ˈraɪəθsli/REYE-əths-lee; c. 1636 – 29 September 1723) was an English noblewoman, heiress, and author. Her second husband was William, Lord Russell, who was implicated in the Rye House Plot and later executed. A collection of the many letters she wrote to her husband and other distinguished men was published in 1773.
Lady Rachel was born in about 1636 at Titchfield, Hampshire, the second eldest daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, by his first wife, Rachel de Massue, daughter of Daniel de Massue, Seigneur de Rouvigny and Madeleine de Pinot des Fontaines. Lady Rachel received a religious upbringing, and remained throughout her life, a devout member of the Church of England.
In her youth, she was described as having been remarkable for her elegance of form, personal beauty, and graceful manners.
In 1653, Lady Rachel married her first husband, Francis Vaughan, Lord Vaughan, the eldest son of Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery. Upon their marriage, she went to live with her father-in-law at Golden Grove in Carmarthen, Wales. In 1655, she gave birth to a child, whose sex and name was not recorded as it died shortly after its birth. She became a widow in 1667, which was the same year her father died. She and her older sister, Elizabeth, Viscountess Campden, inherited his entire estate. Lady Campden received the family seat of Titchfield, while the share which Lady Vaughan inherited was the domain of Stratton, also in Hampshire. Rachel remained with the Viscountess Campden at Titchfield for some time after their father's death.
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