Lady Margaret Burnet

King Charles II spoke of her favourably and John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale referred to her in correspondence as "wife".

[1] She was the first wife of Gilbert Burnet, the eminent Whig historian and later Bishop of Salisbury.

For this reason, he arranged for what is now called a prenuptial agreement where he renounced all claims to her money.

[2] Burnet went on to marry Mary Scott, a wealthy Dutch heiress of Scots descent, with whom he had seven children.

He then married Elizabeth Blake, a noted writer on religious issues, who died in 1709.