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Catherine Colyear, suo jure Countess of Dorchester and Countess of Portmore (née Sedley; 21 December 1657 – 26 October 1717), [1] was an English noble and courtier. She was the mistress of King James II of England both before and after he came to the throne. [2]
Catherine Sedley Colyear, Countess of Dorchester, Countess of Portmore died in Bath, England on October 26, 1717, aged 59, and her life peerage became extinct. She was initially buried in Bath, but in 1729, her remains were reinterred in the new Portmore vault at St. James’ Church in Weybridge, Surrey, England, where she had lived with her ...
Catherine Colyear, suo jure Countess of Dorchester and Countess of Portmore (née Sedley; 21 December 1657 – 26 October 1717), [1] was an English noble and courtier. She was the mistress of King James II of England both before and after he came to the throne. [2]
Biography of Catherine Sedley Countess Dorchester and Portmore 1657-1717 including her birth, marriages, death and life events, life events of her siblings, and her ancestry to five generations, royal ancestors and royal descendants.
The (Catholic) James gave it to his (Protestant) mistress Catherine Sedley, the Countess of Dorchester. After she died, her body was transferred from Bath to the Portmore vault in the old church at Weybridge. Biography of Catharine Sedley from The Elmbridge Hundred.
Only child of Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Bt.; maid of honour to the Duchess of York 1678-c.1681 and mistress of James, Duke of York; created Countess of Dorchester in her own right 1686; married 1696 General Sir David Colyear (created Earl of Portmore [S] 1703); a significant early patron of Kneller.
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Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester, Countess of Portmore (21 December 1657 – 26 October 1717), daughter of Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, was the mistress of King James II of England both before and after he came to the throne.
