Charlotte Paston, Countess of Yarmouth
Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria Paston, Countess of Yarmouth was one of the many acknowledged illegitimate children of Charles II of England.
Her mother, Elizabeth Killigrew Boyle, wife of Francis Boyle, had been a maid of honour to Charles II's mother, Queen Henrietta Maria.
Charlotte married firstly James Howard, with whom she had a daughter, Stuarta. In 1672, she married William Paston, later the second Earl of Yarmouth, a member of the Paston family, and had issue. Both William and his father, Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth, were in high favour with the Stuarts.
Charlotte died on 28 July 1684 in London and was buried at Westminster Abbey on 4 August 1684.
Children
With her first husband, James Howard, Lady Charlotte had a daughter:- Stuarta Werburge Howard ; died unmarried
- * Stuarta was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Mary II. She was nearly married to the 1st Earl of Portland, but their engagement was abandoned. This resulted in a duel between Lord Portland and her stepfather, Yarmouth.
- Charles Paston, Lord Paston, of Oxnead Hall, Norfolk
- * Lord Paston was married to Elizabeth Pitt and had a daughter, Hon. Elizabeth Paston.
- Lady Charlotte Paston
- * She married Thomas Herne of Haveringland Hall, Norfolk, and had a son, Paston Herne, whose illegitimate daughter Anne Herne married Sir Everard Buckworth, 5th Baronet, and was the mother of Sir Buckworth Buckworth-Herne-Soame, 6th Baronet. Lady Charlotte was also married to a Major Weldron.
- Lady Rebecca Paston
- * She married Sir John Holland, 2nd Baronet; had issue of at least three children.
- Hon. William Paston, a captain in the Royal Navy; died unmarried