Elizabeth Dowdall

Elizabeth Dowdall

Lady Elizabeth Dowdall (Died 1658) was the daughter of Sir John Dowdall, [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p18068.htm thePeerage.com - Person Page 18068 ] ] a wealthy landowner in County Limerick Ireland.

In 1629, she married Sir Hardress Waller, [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p18068.htm thePeerage.com - Person Page 18068 ] ] who was later to become one of the regicides of Charles I.

In 1641, during the Irish Rebellion, Elizabeth successfully defended Kilfinny Castle against the rebels, and is reputed to have hung several of them during the fighting. [ [http://www.earlymodernweb.org.uk/warlives/wlbiographies.htm Women's Lives: Biographies ] ] [ [http://www.earlymodernweb.org.uk/warlives/wlfireandsiege.htm Women's Lives: Fire and Siege ] ] She died in 1658.

One of her daughters was Elizabeth Waller, Baroness Shelburne, [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p18068.htm thePeerage.com - Person Page 18068 ] ] the wife of the economist Sir William Petty. [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p4891.htm#i48906 thePeerage.com - Person Page 4891 ] ]

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