[3] Through the admiral, his wife's maternal uncle, Dr Huck-Saunders came into possession of a sizeable inheritance, which was left to their daughters.

"[5] She was a patron of the poet John Keats[6] and his friend, the artist Joseph Severn, and later a supporter of Lord Byron, despite her friendship with Lady Caroline Lamb (who first met Byron at the countess's house).

[8] After her husband's death, the dowager countess bought Cotterstock Hall near Oundle.

[9] It was at Brympton d'Evercy that she died, predeceasing her two surviving sons, Henry and Montagu, by only a few weeks;[10] the latter suffered from heart disease.

[13] In 1810, the couple separated and the countess lived at Brympton d'Evercy near Yeovil with Lady Georgiana.