garden designer
Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford.
patron of the arts and literature in the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods (1581-1627)
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About Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford
Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford was a major aristocratic patron of the arts and literature in the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras, the primary non-royal performer in contemporary court masques, a letter-writer, and a poet. She was an adventurer (shareholder) in the Somers Isles Company, investing in Bermuda, where Harrington Sound is named after her.
Everything about Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford →- Occupation
- garden designer, amateur actor
- Position held
- Lady of the Bedchamber
- Born
- 1581
- Died
- 1627, May 26, 1627