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unusual facts about Elizabeth Southwell, Lady Cromwell



Elizabeth Southwell, Lady Cromwell

Her grandson inherited the much older and more distinguished Barony of Clifford as its 20th holder.

When her father died in 1687, she claimed his title of Baron Cromwell of Oakham, although his Earldom and Viscountship became extinct; she was ranked with the Peeresses at the funeral of Queen Mary II and the coronation of Queen Anne, but her claim appears to have been a mistake.

The Barony of Cromwell has a patent, granted in 1540 to Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell of Oakham (and his heirs male), son of Henry VIII's Minister Thomas Cromwell, after his father's fall and execution.


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