Lady Maud Chaworth, The Duchess of Easthampton

Lady Maud Chaworth was created the 1st Duchess of Easthampton and served as Mistress of the Robes during the reign of King Richard II of Wessex. Maud Chaworth was the daughter of Sir Frederick Chaworth and Augustine Chaworth (nee. Peabody). Her father was the eldest son and thus heir of Sir _ Chaworth, The 4th Duke of Salem. Her father took the style of "Earl of Warren" as the heir to his father's titles.

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When she was 9 months old her father died while on military campaign.

Her mother later married _ Grosvenor, the younger son of Sir _ Grosvenor, The _ Baronet Grosvenor. From this marriage, Maud gained two half-siblings Hugh Grosvenor (later becoing the _ Baronet Grosvenor) and Alice Grosvenor (later becoming the Marchioness of Woburn).

Her uncle Sir James Chaworth, The 5th Duke of Salem

Maud was given a position in Queen Isabella of Wessex's household then _ Anne of Bohemia _ who later died _

Married Sir George Marlborough, the second son of Sir John Marlborough, The Earl of Marlborough from his second marriage to Margaret Staton. Through his mother, George was an illegitimate descendant of King Henry III of Wessex and the nephew of Sir Frederick Staton, The 1st Duke of Springfield.

She was created The Duchess of Easthampton by King Richard II of Wessex, becoming the second women to be created a peer in the peerage. Her husband thus took the title of the Duke of Easthampton, though he preferred to use his father's title of "Earl of Marlborough" once it was passed to him after the death of his older brother.