Jane Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater

Jane Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater, was the second wife of John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater. She was a daughter of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, by his second wife Mary Scrope.
Jane had nine children with the 3rd Earl:

Charles Egerton, Viscount Brackley
Lady Mary Egerton. Married William Byron, 4th Baron Byron
Hon. Thomas Egerton
Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater
Hon. William Egerton (1684–1732), MP and soldier
Hon. Henry Egerton, Bishop of Hereford, who married Elizabeth Ariana Bentinck, a daughter of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland. They were the parents of John Egerton, Bishop of Durham.
Hon. John Egerton, a Page of Honour
Hon. Charles Egerton, who married Catherine Greville, a sister of William Greville, 7th Baron Brooke.
Lady Elizabeth Egerton, who married Thomas Paget, Lord Paget, a son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge and his wife Mary Catesby. They were the parents of Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge.

The eldest son, Viscount Brackley, and his younger brother Thomas, died aged 11 and 7 respectively, along with their private tutor, in a fire which destroyed the family's London home of Bridgwater House. Both boys were buried on 14 April 1687 at Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire. This left a younger brother, Scroop, as the heir to the earldom.
Following her husband's death, Jane was known by the title "Dowager Countess of Bridgewater". In 1724 a controversy arose over the distribution of property in her will, causing her daughter Elizabeth to instigate a court case.