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Jane Myddelton or Middleton (1645–1692), name before marriage Jane Needham, was a reputed English beauty of the Restoration period, one of the Windsor Beauties. Thomas Seccombe in the ''Dictionary of National Biography'' described celebrated portraits as "representing a soft and slightly torpid type of blonde loveliness, with voluptuous figure, full lips, auburn hair, and dark hazel eyes". ==Life== Daughter of Sir Robert Needham (d. 1661), a nephew of Robert Needham, 1st Viscount Kilmorey, and his second wife, Jane, daughter of William Cockayne of Clapham, she was born at Lambeth during the latter part of 1645, and baptised in Lambeth Church on 23 January 1646. Jane was married at Lambeth Church on 18 June 1660 to Charles Myddelton of Ruabon, third surviving son of Sir Thomas Myddelton of Chirk. Myddelton and his wife lived in London and appear to have subsisted for a time upon the bounty of relatives. A legacy from Lady Needham fell in upon that lady's death in 1666, and another upon Sir Thomas Myddelton's death in the same year.〔 During 1667 the Myddeltons moved to the north side of Charles Street, then at the extreme west end of London. Jane Myddelton had also a country retreat at Greenwich, and she was often a guest of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, at Clevedon.〔 After the accession of James II, "Mrs. Myddelton" (Jane, it is thought) enjoyed an annual pension of £500 from secret service money. Her husband, who had for some years held a place of about £400 a year in the prize office, died insolvent in 1691. She died in the following year, and was buried beside her husband in Lambeth Church.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jane Myddelton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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