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Biographical catalogue of the portraits at Weston, the seat of the Earl of Bradford

Chapter 112: No. 7. ELIZABETH, LADY BRADFORD.
By Mary Louisa Boyle
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A room-by-room catalogue of a country-house portrait collection presenting numbered entries that describe each painting's sitter, artist attribution, provenance, physical appearance, and brief biographical sketches. Entries trace family relationships, inheritances, and historical context, and include anecdotal and documentary notes on sitters and artists. An introductory preface recounts the author's research methods, obstacles, and gratitude for assistance, and occasional commentary stresses the importance of preserving portrait records for family memory and local history.

BEDROOMS.

BEDROOM A.

No. 3. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.

Red dress, embroidered. Pearls and cross. Jewels in her hair.
AFTER ZUCCHERO.

No. 6. MARY YATES.

An old woman in a white cap looking out of an oval stone window. She holds a board on which is inscribed ‘Mary Yates, aged 127 years. Born at Wheaton Aston, in Staffordshire. She enjoyed her senses till her death, but she was helpless five years before she died, which was in August 1776. G.B.I.’ ‘Colombo pinxit.’

No. 7. ELIZABETH, LADY BRADFORD.

In crayons. Seated in a landscape. Red habit. Blue waistcoat.
With a little dog beside her.
DIED 1806.

SHE was the daughter and heir of the Rev. John Simpson, and married in 1755 Sir Henry Bridgeman, afterwards created in 1794 Baron Bradford.

No. 8. HENRY, LORD BRADFORD.

Blue coat. White vest. Powder. Black retriever. In crayons.
DIED 1800.

HE was the only son of Sir Orlando Bridgeman by Lady Ann Newport. In Sir Henry’s person the title of Bradford was revived, he being, in 1794, created Baron Bradford. He married Elizabeth Simpson, who survived him, and had by her four sons.

No. 10. LUCY BYNG, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF BRADFORD.

Crayons. A head. She wears a bonnet, with her hair in curls.
DIED 1844.
By Sir William Ross.

SHE was the daughter of George Byng, fourth Viscount Torrington, by Lady Lucy Boyle. She married, in 1788, Orlando Bridgeman, afterwards first Earl of Bradford, who died in 1825.

No. 11. HAMET BEN HAMET.

In Oriental costume.
By Sir Godfrey Kneller.

No. 13. HON. MRS. BRIDGEMAN SIMPSON.

High white dress and blue sash. Powder. Large hat.
DIED 1791.

SHE was the only daughter of Sir Thomas Worsley of Appuldercombe, Isle of Wight, and married, in 1784, the Hon, John Bridgeman (son of Henry, the first Baron Bradford), who had assumed the surname of Simpson in right of his mother, and had three children—a son and daughter who died young, and Henrietta, heiress of her uncle, Sir Richard Worsley. Henrietta married Lord Yarborough.

No. 14. SIR THOMAS MONCREIFFE, SEVENTH BARONET, AND HIS SISTER.

Two children seated. The girl’s arm round her brother’s neck. Background,
landscape. White dress. Blue sash. Holding flowers.
BORN 1822, DIED 1879.
By Sir William Ross.

HE was the son of Sir David Moncreiffe, sixth Baronet, by Helen, daughter of Æneas Mackay, Esq. of Scotston, and succeeded to his father as seventh baronet in 1830. Sir Thomas married, in 1843, Lady Louisa Hay, daughter of the tenth Earl of Kinnoull, by whom he had a very large family.

His sister Helen married, in 1844, Edmund Wright, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire, and died in 1874.