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Catherine Killigrew
Catherine Killigrew (1618–1689) was the daughter of Sir Robert Killigrew and Mary Woodhouse.
Killigrew died in 1689 in Cumberlow, Hertfordshire, although some reports erroneously have her dying at Spa, Belgium in August 1654, as maid of honour to the Princess of Orange.
Family.
Killigrew is presumed to be the mother of George Elliott, the illegitimate son of Richard Eliot. Her great-grandson, Granville Elliott, spent much time and trouble trying to prove Killigrew had married Richard prior to George's
Killigrew published several sermons and poems as well as a play called "The Conspiracy". Her two paternal uncles were also published playwrights. Sir William Killigrew (1606–1695) published two collections of plays and Thomas Killigrew (1612–1683) not only wrote plays but built the theatre now known as Drury Lane. Her father and her uncles had close connections with the Stuart Court, serving Charles I, Charles II, and his Queen, Catherine of Braganza. Her father had been a chaplain to Charles I, and after the English Restoration