Margaret Cecil, Countess of Ranelagh

Margaret Jones, Countess of Ranelagh née Margaret Cecil (1672/1673 – 21 February 1728)[1] was an English courtier.[2] The Countess was one of the "Hampton Court Beauties" painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for Queen Mary II.

Family

Lady Margaret was the daughter of James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and his wife Margaret, a daughter of the Earl of Rutland. She first married John Stawell, 2nd Baron Stawell; he died in 1692 leaving considerable debts[3] and a daughter Anne, who married John Baber, esq. of Sunning Hill Park, Berkshire.[4] Margaret subsequently married Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh (d. 1712) on 9 January 1696, who was expelled from the House of Commons for embezzlement in 1703. She was his second wife and they had no children.[2]

References
  1. Collins, Arthur (1812). Peerage of England. p. 493.
  2. "JONES, Richard, 1st Earl of Ranelagh [I] (1641-1712), of St. James's Square, Westminster". History of Parliament. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  3. "Gloucestershire Archives: Act for payment of the 2nd Baron's debts etc. 1694". Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  4. "Gloucestershire Archives: Extract from the registers of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury: 2nd Baron's daughter, 1747". Retrieved 30 May 2024.


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