Hyde, Catherine (1701–1777)

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Hyde, Catherine (1701–1777)

Duchess of Queensberry. Name variations: Catherine Douglas. Born in 1701; died in 1777; interred at Durisdeer; daughter of Henry Hyde, 4th earl of Clarendon and earl of Rochester, and Jane Leveson-Gower; married Charles Douglas, 3rd duke of Queensbury, on March 10, 1720; children: Henry Douglas (b. 1722), earl of Drumlanrig; Charles Douglas (b. 1726).

Catherine Hyde was born in 1701, the daughter of Henry Hyde, 4th earl of Clarendon and earl of Rochester, and Jane Leveson-Gower , though some think she was the natural daughter of Jane and Lord Carleton. Catherine was a correspondent with Jonathan Swift and a friend to William Congreve, Alexander Pope, James Thomson, Matthew Prior, and William Whitehead.