Keywords: people indoor Lady Elizabeth Thimbleby was the third daughter of Thomas Savage, Viscount Savage, of Rocksavage, Co. Chester, and his wife Elizabeth, eldest daughter and co-heir of Thomas Darcy, Earl Rivers (d.1639/40), who became Countess Rivers in her own right following her father's death. The sitter's elder brother, Sir John Savage (c. 1603-1655), succeeded as Earl Rivers in 1640. She married Sir John Thimbleby, of Irnham Hall, Lincolnshire, in September 1634. Dorothy Savage married Charles Howard, Lord Andover, later Earl of Berkshire in April 1637. Lady Elizabeth Thimbleby was the third daughter of Thomas Savage, Viscount Savage, of Rocksavage, Co. Chester, and his wife Elizabeth, eldest daughter and co-heir of Thomas Darcy, Earl Rivers (d.1639/40), who became Countess Rivers in her own right following her father's death. The sitter's elder brother, Sir John Savage (c. 1603-1655), succeeded as Earl Rivers in 1640. She married Sir John Thimbleby, of Irnham Hall, Lincolnshire, in September 1634. Dorothy Savage married Charles Howard, Lord Andover, later Earl of Berkshire in April 1637. |