Mary Jenkinson, Countess of Liverpool

[3] Born Charles Bagot, her father took the additional surname Chester in 1755 on inheriting Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire from his cousin, Sir Charles Bagot Chester, Bt.

[1] Lord Liverpool had been grief-stricken at Louisa's death, and his re-marriage to her long-time friend was seen as proof of his need for a 'peaceful domestic refuge',[10] with Louisa's sister, Lady Erne, describing Mary as 'a person of more than ordinary merit'.

[7] Liverpool began to suffer from ill-health, and finally retired as prime minister in April 1827, after having a severe stroke two months earlier.

[11] Having died childless, he was succeeded as Earl of Liverpool by his younger half-brother Charles.

[12] In 1829, Mary, now known as the Dowager Countess of Liverpool, bought Norbiton Hall near Kingston upon Thames from Charles Pallmer MP.