Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford
(1581-1627)
Patron of the arts and literature in the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods
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Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford (née Harington; 1581–1627) 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.
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1627 (aged 45)
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