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Countess of Bridgewater

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The Countess of Bridgewater is a title used by the wife or widow of an Earl of Bridgewater. The Countesses of Bridgewater include:

First creation (1538)

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| align="center" | Katherine Howard

| align="center" | 1497

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| align="center" | 19 July 1538
Title creation

| align="center" | Henry Daubeney, 1st Earl of Bridgewater

| colspan="2" align="center" | 8 May 1554

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Second creation (1617)

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! width="8%" |Person

! width="12%" | Name

! width="12%" | Born

! width="8%" | Marriage

! width="8%" | Became Countess of Bridgewater

! width="7%" | Consort

! width="12%" | Ceased to be Countess

! width="10%" | Died

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| align="center" | Frances Stanley

| align="center" | May 1583

| align="center" | 27 June 1602

| align="center" | 27 May 1617
Title creation

| align="center" | John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater

| colspan="2" align="center" | 11 March 1636

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| align="center" | Elizabeth Cavendish

| align="center" | 1626

| align="center" | 1641

| align="center" | 4 December 1649
Husband's succession

| align="center" | John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater

| colspan="2" align="center" | 14 July 1663

| align="center" | English writer and daughter of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle and Elizabeth Basset Howard

align="center" |File:Portrait of Lady Jane (Anne) Powlett, later Countess of Bridgewater.jpg

| align="center" | Jane Paulet

| align="center" | 1656

| align="center" | 2 April 1673

| align="center" | 26 October 1686
Husband's succession

| align="center" | John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater

| align="center" | 19 March 1701
Husband died

| align="center" | 23 May 1716

| align="center" | daughter of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, and Mary Scrope

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| align="center" | Elizabeth Churchill

| align="center" | 15 tháng 7 năm 1689

| colspan="2" align="center" | 9 February 1703

| rowspan="2" align="center" | Scroop Egerton, 4th Earl of Bridgewater

| colspan="2" align="center" | 22 March 1714

| align="center" | daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and Sarah Jenyns

align="center" |File:Charles Jervas (c.1675-1739) - Lady Rachel Russell (c.1700–1777), Duchess of Bridgewater - 884963 - National Trust.jpg

| align="center" | Rachel Russell

| align="center" | 1707

| colspan="2" align="center" | 4 August 1722

| align="center" | 11 January 1744
Husband died

| align="center" | 1777

| align="center" | the only Duchess of Bridgewater (by marriage)

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| align="center" | Charlotte Haynes

| align="center" | 20 November 1763

| align="center" | 14 January 1783

| align="center" | 8 March 1803
Husband's succession

| align="center" | John Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgewater

| align="center" | 21 October 1823

| align="center" | 11 February 1849

| align="center" | English philanthropist and the last Countess of Bridgewater

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