Margaret Rolle, 15th Baroness Clinton | |
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![]() Margaret Rolle, Baroness Clinton, by John Theodore Heins, matching pair with portrait of her first husband, Lord Orford | |
Born | England | 17 January 1709
Died | 13 January 1781 | (aged 71)
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Children | George Walpole |
Relatives | Robert Rolle (grandfather) |
Margaret Rolle, 15th Baroness Clinton suo jure (17 January 1709 – 13 January 1781),[2] was a wealthy British aristocrat, known both for eccentricity and her extramarital affairs.
By her first husband Robert, 1st Baron Walpole, later 2nd Earl of Orford (1701–1751) and eldest son of Sir Robert Walpole, she gave birth to a legitimate heir, George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford, who succeeded her in the title of Baron Clinton.