Frances St John, Countess of Bolingbroke

Elizabeth's sister Jane , the leading writer (poet and playwright) of the group in their adolescent years, married Charles Cheyne in 1655 (not 1654 as generally said) and died in 1669. Their other sister, Frances

Jane's sister Lady Elizabeth (who after her marriage in 1641 was surnamed Egerton and titled Brackley, then Bridgewater) was a junior partner in her literary pursuits and years later, after her marriage, the author of...

In November of the same year Jane's sister Frances married Oliver St John, second Earl of Bolingbroke .

Welbeck Abbey, where LJC was based with both her married sister, Elizabeth , and her unmarried one, Frances , fell to Roundhead forces and for a year harboured a garrison of which they were virtual prisoners.