A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Westmoreland, Jane, Countess of

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WESTMORELAND, JANE, COUNTESS OF,

Eldest daughter of Henry, Earl of Surrey, who was beheaded in 1547, was the wife of Charles, Earl of Westmorland, by whom she had four daughters. This lady made such progress in Latin and Greek, under the instruction of Fox, the martyrologist, that she might compete with the most learned men of the age. The latter part of her life was rendered very unhappy by her husband's conduct; for he was engaged in an insurrection, in 1569, and in consequence, his property was confiscated, and he himself sentenced to death, which he escaped by leaving the country, and remaining a long time in exile.