Catherine Windham d.1704

Catherine WYNDHAM or WINDHAM d.1704

Catherine Windham's bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection *148)

Biographical Note

Daughter of Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th bart, of Sittersham. She married Sir Edward Wyndham, 2nd bart, of Orchard Wyndham, Somerset.

Books

An engraved armorial bookplate made for her (Franks *148) must date from between the death of her husband in 1695, and her own death in 1704; the extent of her library is not known.

Sources

• Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.
• Wyndham baronets, of Orchard Wyndham, Wikipedia (in the entry for the Earl of Egremont).