Mary Scott Burnet

Gilbert Burnet's second marriage, in late May 1687 to Mary Scott , was also a love match (though she was rich). She died of smallpox on 18 June 1698, having borne seven children during her...

EB 's friendship with Sarah Churchill, later Duchess of Marlborough (like that with her future husband, Gilbert Burnet , and his second wife, Mary ), dated back to the years when they were all in...