Eleanor Needham (abt. 1650)

Born about 1650 in England

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Biography

Eleanor Needham, daughter of Robert Needham was mistress of James, Duke of Monmouth. ^{[1][2] [3]}

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia biography of her lover, James Duke of Monmouth
2. ↑ The Diary of Samuel Pepys MA FRS Bohn's Standard Library. Edited by Henry B Wheatley. George Bell and Sons, London 1913. Transcribed by Rev Mynors Bright, MA. Originally published 1893-1899. 8 volumes. Vol 8 Page 218 note "According to Burke, Jane, daughter of Sir Robert Needham of Lambeth, married Charles, brother of Sir Thomas Middleton, Bart. Her sister, Eleanor, was mistress to the Duke of Monmouth"
3. ↑ Thepeerage.com: Eleanor Needham Cites: G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 212.