Dorothy Smith, Lady Pakington

The Right Honourable
The Countess of Kellie
Born
Dorothy Smith
Died1639
Spouses
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(m. 1583; died 1598)​
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    (m. 1598; died 1625)​
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      (m. 1629; died 1631)​
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        (m. 1631; died 1639)​
        Children11, including Alice and John
        FatherAmbrose Smith

        Dorothy Erskine, Countess of Kellie (née Smith, formerly Barnham, Pakington, and Needham; died 1639) was a public figure. While married to John Pakington, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, she was involved in a matrimonial dispute that was heard in front of the Attorney General, Francis Bacon who was also her son-in-law.

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