Henrietta FitzJames


Henrietta Butler, Viscountess Galmoye, previously Henrietta Waldegrave, Baroness Waldegrave, was an illegitimate daughter of James Stuart, Duke of York, subsequently King of England, Scotland and Ireland, by his mistress, Arabella Churchill. Upon marrying, she became Lady Waldegrave, and then with her second marriage Viscountess Galmoye, as well as Countess of Newcastle.

Early life and marriage

Henrietta was the sister of the celebrated James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, who was exiled.
She was brought up a Roman Catholic and married into a family of the same religion. In 1683, she married Henry Waldegrave, who was made the 1st Baron Waldegrave following the accession of King James II. Henrietta and Henry had two children:

Later life

She accompanied her father and his wife in their exile and lived some years at Saint-Germain-en-Laye in France. After her husband's death in 1689, she was involved with an Irish soldier, Mark Talbot.
She subsequently married Piers Butler, [3rd Viscount Galmoye], on 3 April 1695. He had been created Earl of Newcastle in the Jacobite Peerage in 1692. The marriage was childless. She died in 1730 and was buried in Navestock.