MASHAM, ABIGAIL, LADY

măshˈəm, d. 1734, favorite of Queen Anne of England. Her maiden name was Abigail Hill. A plain, intelligent person, she became (1704) bedchamber woman to the queen through the influence of her cousin Sarah Churchill, duchess of Marlborough. In 1707 she married Samuel Masham (later a baron), a groom to Anne's husband, Prince George of Denmark. Mrs. Masham gradually supplanted the duchess of Marlborough in the queen's affection and became the instrument through which Robert Harley, her kinsman, exerted his influence on Anne. In 1714, however, Mrs. Masham quarreled with Harley, secured his dismissal as lord treasurer, and assured Viscount Bolingbroke (Henry St. John) of supreme political power. After Anne's death (1714), she lived in retirement.

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Essays and Poems and Simplicity, a Comedy
Book by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Robert Halsband, Isobel Grundy; Clarendon Press, 1993
...Queen of England: 90 Masham, Abigail d. 1734 : LMs dislike...Peterboroughs song, 225 Meadows, Lady Frances, LMs niece: see...in-law: 20 Montagu, Lady M.: 173 Montagu, Mary...friend of LM, 60 Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley 1689- I762...
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The Letters of Jonathan Swift to Charles Ford
Book by David Nichol Smith; Clarendon Press, 1935
Subjects: Fiction
Mary, daughter of George II, 209 . Masham, Abigail, Lady Masham, 30 , 37 , 48 , 104 . Masham, Samuel, first Lord. Masham, 78 , 99 , 104 , 123 , 170 , 173 ; his son, 9 , 170 , 173...
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A History of the Tory Party, 1640-1714
Book by Keith Feiling; Clarendon Press, 1924
Subjects: Great Britain--Politics And Government, Tories, English
...Maryborough, Caryll Molyneux, Viscount, 235 . Masham, Abigail, Lady Masham, 314 , 361 , 397 , 412 , 416 , 418 , 433 , 452 , 457 , 464 , 474 , 477 . Masham, Sir Francis, 129 . Mason, Sir Richard, 495...
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The Cambridge Modern History: Planned by the Late Lord Acton - Vol. 5
Book by A. W. Ward, G. W. Prothero, Stanley Leathes; University Press, 1908
Subjects: History, Modern
...di Gonzaga, Queen of Poland, 349 Maryland, Labadists in, 756 Mascaron, Jules, French preacher, 79 Masham, Abigail, Lady Masham, 465 sq. Masovia, Conrad, Duke of, 630 Massa, Isaac, Dutch writer on Russia, 513 Massillon, Jean...
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The Later Stuarts, 1660-1714
Book by G. N. Clark; Clarendon Press, 1934
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Stuarts, 1660-1714
...84 , 96 , 141 , 151 , 177 . Mary dEste, afterw. queen-consort, 77 , Maryland, 320 , 321 , 324 , 325 . Masham, Abigail, lady Masham, 216 , 220 . Massachusetts, 320 , 323 , 324 . Massue de Ruvigny, Henri de, see Galway . Masulipatam, 335...
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Queen Anne
Journal article by Richard Wilkinson; History Review, 1998
Subjects: Anne, Queen of England--Political activity, United Kingdom--History, 1603-1714 (Stuarts)
...the red-nosed Abigail Masham led to the collapse...relationships with the ladies of her court that...bestowed on an obscure lady of the court...bedchamber woman Abigail Masham. The Whigs, the...personal servant. Abigail was useful in communicating...
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Annual Bibliography of Works about Life Writing, 2004-2005
Journal article by Phyllis E. Wachter, William Todd Schultz; Biography, Vol. 28, 2005
Subjects: Autobiographies, Bibliographies, Bibliography--Best books, Book lists
...Delahunty, Andrew. Goldenballs and the Iron Lady: A Little Book of Nicknames. Oxford...Undone: Aemilia Lanyers Canonization of Lady Mary Sidney." 146-75. Shows how Sidney...Haslam, Jason. "Being Jane Warton: Lady Constance Lytton and the Disruption of...


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Deaths
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), April 12, 2011
...loved. FINCH Wendy A very brave lady and special friend. We will...in peace Wendy. A very brave lady. Love, Jean, Des and family...Wendy, greatnana of Samantha, Abigail, Jason and Louise. Close in...bless Bob. MORTON John Late of Masham and Romanby. Ex Policeman of...


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Masham, Abigail, Lady
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MASHAM, ABIGAIL, LADY mash m, d. 1734, favorite...England. Her maiden name was Abigail Hill. A plain, intelligent...1707 she married Samuel Masham (later a baron), a groom...George of Denmark. Mrs. Masham gradually supplanted the...
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Marlborough, Sarah Churchill, Duchess Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Marlborough. On Annes marriage (1683) she was appointed lady of the bedchamber and became a close confidante. Although...wielded considerable influence at court, but gradually Abigail Masham , a kinswoman both of Sarah herself and of the Tory leader...


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