Elizabeth (Chapman), Countess of Gainsborough monument - St Peter & St Paul - Exton, Rutland
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Memorial monument to Elizabeth (Chapman), Countess of Gainsborough (d. 1771), in the chancel of St Peter & St Paul's church, Exton.
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Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/11/2019
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Located on the south wall of the chancel in the Church of St Peter & St Paul, Exton, erected in 1790 in memory of Elizabeth (Chapman), Countess of Gainsborough (d. 1771) and her two husbands, Baptist fourth Earl of Gainsborough (
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