Samuell Backhouse of Swallowfield, Esq.
(1554-1626)
Elizabeth Borlase
(Abt 1563-)
Brian Richards of Hartley Westfield
(-)
William Backhouse of Swallowfield, Esq.
(1593-1662)
Anne Richards
(-1663)
Flower Backhouse, Countess of Clarendon
(1638-1700)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. William Bishop of South Warnborough

  • William Bishop (d.y.)
  • Anne Bishop (d.y.)
2. Sir William Backhouse, Bart.
3. Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon

Flower Backhouse, Countess of Clarendon 1

  • Christened: 21 Aug 1638, Puttenham, Surrey, England 2
  • Married (1): 28 Aug 1656, Swallowfield, Berkshire, England 3
  • Married (2): 13 Nov 1662, St. Andrew Holborn, City of London, Middlesex, England 4
  • Married (3): 19 Oct 1670, Swallowfield, Berkshire, England 3
  • Died: 17 Jul 1700

  Research Notes:

Flower the daughter of Wm Bakehouse gent. [and written later in another hand]: the sd Flower was Countess of Clarendon Ano. 1678 (baptismal record).

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First Lady of the Bedchamber to Princess Anne, the future Queen Anne of Great Britain.

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In 1649 Flower Backhouse was named as a beneficiary in the will of her uncle Sir John Backhouse, to receive an annuity of £40 until she turns sixteen.

In 1662 Flower Bishop was sole executrix of her father's will.

  Marriage Information:

Flower married William Bishop on 28 Aug 1656 in Swallowfield, Berkshire, England. (William Bishop died by 1662.)

  Marriage Information:

Flower also married her cousin William Backhouse, son of Nicholas Backhouse and Christian Williams, on 13 Nov 1662 in St. Andrew Holborn, City of London, Middlesex, England (William Backhouse was born about 1641 and died on 22 Aug 1669.)

  Marriage Notes:

William Backhouse Baronett of the City of London and Flora Bishopp of Swallowffeild in the County of Berks, widdow

Married by Licence

  Marriage Information:

Flower also married Henry Hyde, son of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, and Frances Aylesbury, on 19 Oct 1670 in Swallowfield, Berkshire, England. (Henry Hyde was born on 2 Jun 1638 and died on 31 Oct 1709.)

  Marriage Notes:

Henry Hyde of Clarendon and Lady Flower Backhouse

Sources


1 The Visitation of Berkshire 1664-6, by Elias Ashmole, Windsor Herald, Backhouse of Swallowfield, p. 5. The Visitation incorrectly shows her father as Sir John Backhouse, William's brother, this presumably being an assumption based on the fact that Flower was also the name of John's wife.

2 Puttenham Surrey Parish Registers, Baptisms.

3 Swallowfield Berks Parish Register transcripts.

4 St. Andrew Holborn Parish Registers, Weddings, 1662, no. 37


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