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Barbara St John - Countess of Coventry
Category: 18th century women’s history Published on: 30th July 2012

Maria Gunning must have been a tough act for Barbara St. John to follow. The five famous Gunning sisters were born in...

Isabella Frances St John
Category: 19th century women’s history Published on: 25th July 2012

Who would live in a house like this? Well apart from Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII and other assorted monarchs, during the...

Anne and the Cholmondeley dilemma
Category: 17th century women’s history Published on: 17th July 2012

In which Anne fulfills a prophecy and saves a dynasty. Lady Johanna St John Anne St John was baptised at St Mary's...

Elizabeth Barbara St John, Lady Halford
Category: 19th century women’s history Published on: 11th July 2012

When Charles I's coffin was opened during building work in St George's Chapel in 1813, Royal physician Sir Henry Halford...

Catherine St John
Category: 16th century women’s history Published on: 8th July 2012

It's tempting to ponder on how differently things might have panned out had Jane Seymour not been on the marriage market in...

The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned
Category: 17th century women’s history Published on: 4th July 2012

Summer visitors to London still have plenty of time to catch The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned exhibition at Hampton...