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Catherine Sheffield, Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby (née Lady Catherine Darnley; c. 1681 – 13 March 1743) was an illegitimate daughter of King James II of England, and was married to two English noblemen in succession.
Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby; Catherine Sheffield; Lived 61 years, 8 months, 12 days
Having a daily relationship with a 1000 year old garden is a joy. In Henry VII's chapel at Westminster Abbey there is a monument to John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham. The wax effigies of his wife Catherine and two sons can be seen in the triforium.
'This very curious book containing the illustrations to Sturts Prayer Book appears from the writing on the back of the frontispiece to have been presented to the Lady Anne Hyde, daughter of the Earl of Clarendon and the first wife of the Duke of York afterwards James the Second, and from circumstances known to the writer of this note there is ...
The last effigy known to have been carried at an Abbey funeral is that of Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham who died in 1743. Her son Robert Sheffield, Marquess of Normanby is the only effigy of a child in the collection.
Catherine Sheffield, Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby (c. 1681 – 13 March 1743), formerly Lady Catherine Darnley, was an illegitimate daughter of King James II of England, and was married to two English noblemen in succession.
1 reference. father. James II of England. 2 references. mother. Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester. 2 references. spouse. John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby.
