Elizabeth Wilmot

Elizabeth Montagu, Countess of Sandwich ( Wilmot; 1674, Addebury House, Oxfordshire - 27 July 1757), was a British noblewoman and the Countess of Sandwich as the spouse of Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich.

Early life Elizabeth was the second daughter and third surviving child of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester and Elizabeth Malet. She was baptised on 10 February at St Mary the Virgin, Oxford. Wilmot died in 1680 and his wife died the following year. By 1681, Elizabeth Wilmot was brought up by her paternal grandmother, Anne Wilmot St. John.

The Wilmots were a literary family, her father having been a notable poet. Elizabeth was an avid reader, fluent in multiple languages and played several musical instruments. the earl was unambitious and easily influenced, Elizabeth would publicy rebel against her husband's Whig politics by backing the Tory Anthony Hammond.

Elizabeth was a close friend of Hortense Mancini, the Duchess of Mazarin, a mistress of Charles II. She resided in Paris where she died on 27 July 1757. She was buried at the Saint-Germain Cemetery in Paris.

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