Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, was a British army officer and Whig politician. He was the son of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt, and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter and sole heires
Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough
Charles Mordaunt succeeded to the peerage as Viscount Mordaunt in 1675.
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Anastasia Robinson, later known as Anastasia, Countess of Peterborough, was an English soprano, later contralto, of the Baroque era. As a performer, she is best remembered for her association with the
Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough
…Capt. Hon. Henry Mordaunt, RN (died 27 February 1710). In 1722 he secretly married Anastasia Robinson (ca. 1695–1755), a famous dramatic singer (from 1714) of great beauty and sweetness of disposition, daughter of Thomas Robinson (died 1722), a portrait…
Anastasia Robinson seated at the harpsichord, proof for 1727 mezzotint by John Faber the Younger after 1723 painting by John Vanderbank, British Museum