Elizabeth Ralegh (1565-1647): Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth I and wife of Sir Walter Ralegh
Elizabeth ‘Bess’ Throckmorton was born in 1565, the daughter of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, a cousin of Catherine Parr who served as ambassador to France and Scotland, and Anne Carew, daughter of Sir Nicholas Carew of Beddington, Surrey. Bess’s brother Arthur Throckmorton paid to install her as one of Queen Elizabeth I’s Ladies-in-Waiting, where she was … Read more