Background
She was the older daughter of Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton and his wife, Mary, daughter of Sir Arthur Throckmorton of Paulerspury, Northamptonshire.
courtier Member of the House of Lords
She was the older daughter of Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton and his wife, Mary, daughter of Sir Arthur Throckmorton of Paulerspury, Northamptonshire.
Her husband died prematurely in 1634. As the princess came to age, Lady Stanhope grew to become her confidante and adviser. During the English Civil War, Lady Stanhope sided with Charles I and his heir, King Charles World War II
She is said to have supplied them both politically and financially, and to have been involved in much of the royalist plots of that decade.
She remained in princess Mary"s service until the latter"s death in illness on 24 December 1660. She then passed into service to Anne, Duchess of York, and in 1662 to the Queen, Catherine of Braganza.
Upon his death in 1664, she increased her by then already considerable wealth by inheriting O"Neill"s office of the Postmaster General. She died of an edema in 1667, and was buried on the estate of her father.