The Countess of Bridgewater is a title used by the wife or widow of an Earl of Bridgewater. The Countesses of Bridgewater include:
Person | Name | Born | Marriage | Became Countess of Bridgewater | Consort | Ceased to be Countess | Died | Notes |
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Katherine Howard | 1497 | 19 July 1538 Title creation | Henry Daubeney, 1st Earl of Bridgewater | 8 May 1554 | ||||
Person | Name | Born | Marriage | Became Countess of Bridgewater | Consort | Ceased to be Countess | Died | Notes |
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![]() | Frances Stanley | May 1583 | 27 June 1602 | 27 May 1617 Title creation | John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater | 11 March 1636 | ||
![]() | Elizabeth Cavendish | 1626 | 1641 | 4 December 1649 Husband's succession | John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater | 14 July 1663 | English writer and daughter of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle and Elizabeth Basset Howard | |
![]() | Jane Paulet | 1656 | 2 April 1673 | 26 October 1686 Husband's succession | John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater | 19 March 1701 Husband died | 23 May 1716 | daughter of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, and Mary Scrope |
![]() | Elizabeth Churchill | 15 tháng 7 năm 1689 | 9 February 1703 | Scroop Egerton, 4th Earl of Bridgewater | 22 March 1714 | daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and Sarah Jenyns | ||
![]() | Rachel Russell | 1707 | 4 August 1722 | 11 January 1744 Husband died | 1777 | the only Duchess of Bridgewater (by marriage) | ||
![]() | Charlotte Haynes | 20 November 1763 | 14 January 1783 | 8 March 1803 Husband's succession | John Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgewater | 21 October 1823 | 11 February 1849 | English philanthropist and the last Countess of Bridgewater |