Lady Henrietta Beard (née Waldegrave, previously Herbert; 2 January 1717 – 31 May 1753),[1] was an English aristocrat.
[1] In 1719, when she was two, her father left the Stuart court in St. Germaine, converted to the Anglican faith, moved to London, and showed his support for George I.
This move, which he reportedly regretted on his deathbed,[2] allowed him to resume his seat in the House of Lords, and catapulted him almost immediately to an Ambassadorship.
[3] The Webb family owned property in Dorset, Wiltshire, and Gloucestershire, with their primary seat at Hatherop Castle.
[1] On 8 January 1739, at age 19, she secretly re-married, this time to a favorite singer of Handel and Garrick, John Beard of Covent Garden.