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4 days ago · During the reign of Anne, the Queen was served by a varying number of women or gentlewomen of the bedchamber, often described as dressers. Their duties were described by Abigail, Lady Masham in 1728: The bed-chamber woman came in to waiting before the queen's prayers, which was before her majesty was dressed.
4 days ago · Abigail's husband, Samuel Masham, was made a baron, although Anne protested to Harley that she "never had any design to make a great lady of [Abigail], and should lose a useful servant". On the same day, Marlborough was dismissed as commander of the army.
May 23, 2024 · There was allegedly a lesbian relationship between Anne, Queen of Great Britain and her courtier Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham. Anne Seymour Damer, an acclaimed English sculptor, may have been a lesbian and was in a relationship with the actress Elizabeth Farren. [citation needed]
May 9, 2024 · Baroness Masham said that many disabled and older people were frightened by the prospect of legalised assisted suicide. She said: “Many vulnerable people feel that, if the assisted dying law is changed, they could be pressured into assisted dying because they feel that they are a nuisance and because they need looking after.
1 day ago · This is a list of biographical films. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ... Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham: Svetlana Smirnova
May 23, 2024 · Another disabled crossbencher, Baroness Masham, said the bill had “put fear into thousands of vulnerable people who are elderly or disabled”. She said: “Lifting the lid off lethal, poisonous drugs is frightening and dangerous. “I have had hundreds of emails and letters from very worried people.
6 days ago · Harley was clearly using Mrs. (later Lady) Abigail Masham to supplant Sarah in Anne’s affections by 1707. When Anne’s husband, the Prince of Denmark, died in 1708, relations between Anne and Sarah temporarily improved, but Mrs. Masham’s power grew.
