Maria Walpole
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Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh was a member of the British royal family. She was the Countess Waldegrave from 1759 to 1766, as a result of her first marriage to James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl
Portrait by Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1779
Maria and her daughter Elizabeth by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1761.
Maria (in mourning), by Gainsborough.
The Ladies Waldegrave by Sir Joshua Reynolds (L to R: Charlotte, Elizabeth and Anne)
Princess Sophia of Gloucester was a great-granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and niece of King George III.
Maria Walpole
…between a prince and a widow of non-royal rank and illegitimate birth. They lived at St Leonard's Hill in Clewer, near Windsor, and had three children. Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773–1844) Princess Caroline of Gloucester (1774–1775). She died aged nine months following a smallpox inoculation, intended to protect her from the…
Portrait by Sir William Beechey, c. 1803-5
Princess Sophia as a young child.