biography
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Masham, Lady Abigail
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née Hill
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| female
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| lived:
| (?–1734)
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| biography:
| Queen Anne's confidante, the cousin of Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, through whose influence she entered the royal household. In 1707 she married Samuel (later Baron) Masham. A subtle intriguer and strongly Tory, she gradually turned the queen against the Marlboroughs, and in 1710 superseded her cousin as the queen's confidante and the power behind the throne. |
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