By 1717 TCP
's father found he could no longer afford to support his family, and the children were scattered among various relations and connections: Constantia went to her godmother the Duchess of Bolton
.
Stone, Lawrence. Uncertain Unions. Marriage in England, 1660-1753. Oxford University Press.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Teresia Constantia Phillips
Constantia had as godmother the dowager Duchess of Bolton
, who was an illegitimate grand-daughter of Charles II
through the once-notorious Duke of Monmouth. As a child Constantia was a member of the duchess's household...
Education
Teresia Constantia Phillips
TCP
was sent for a while to a fashionable Westminster boarding-school (which her father could not have afforded) by her godmother the Duchess of Bolton
. Her learning there would have been angled towards accomplishments...