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Bess of Hardwick

English noblewoman and businesswoman

Bess of Hardwick

Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury, by Rowland Lockey, 1592 in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London

Bornc.

1527

Died13 February 1608
BuriedAll Saints Church, Derby
Noble familyHardwick
Spouse(s)

Robert Barley

(m. 1543; died 1544)​

Sir William St Loe

(m. 1559; died 1565)​
IssueFrances Cavendish
Temperance Cavendish
Henry Cavendish
William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire
Charles Cavendish
Elizabeth Stuart, Countess of Lennox
Mary Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury
Lucrece Cavendish
FatherJohn Hardwick
MotherElizabeth Leeke

Elizabeth Cavendish, later Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (née Hardwick; c. 1521  – 13 February 1608), known as Bess of Hardwick, of Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, "Bess of Hardwick" -- Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of ...

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