Sophie Montgomery

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Sophie Montgomery
Portrayed by Janet McTeer
Full Name Sophie Montgomery, Marchioness of Eastborough
Associated Noble House(s) Marquessate of Eastborough
Date of Birth 1764
Father Sir Jacob Walsom
Father's Rank Baronet
Mother Lady Mary Walsom
Mother's Rank Peerage
Town Residence Alderhan House
Year of Debut 1782
Dowry £8000
Year of Marriage 1783
Spouse Rawdon Montgomery III
Spouse's Rank Marquess
Issue Mirabel O'Sullivan, Rawdon Montgomery, Ivor Montgomery

Sophie Montgomery is the current Marchioness of Eastborough.

She usually resides at Eastborough Park, but this season she will be staying at Alderhan House, the Montgomery family London home.

Sophie is played by Ellie.

Family

Background

Childhood

Sophie Montgomery was born Sophie Walsom: the oldest daughter of Sir Jacob Walsom and his wife Mary, who had a comfortable estate in Oakham. Sophie and three of her sisters, Georgina, Eleanor and Charlotte were all born within four years as the baronet and his wife tried to produce a son and, as girls of an age are wont to do, often found themselves in competition with one another.

Educated at home by a governess, Sophie, Georgina and Eleanor were all brought out in London in 1782. Whilst Sophie was the oldest and cleverest of her sisters, she was by far the plainest. Receiving a dowry of £8000 in contrast to the £6000 both of her sisters were allocated in the hope that she would attract a husband despite this fact, as well as a talking to from her mother about not being shrewish regarding her sisters' higher prospects, the plan would ultimately backfire when she met the thirteenth Earl of Alderhan in Hyde Park. As she soundly admonished the grinning, red-haired gentleman who had nearly ruined her new pelisse by racing his horse across the grass, she was quite unaware of who he was or the estate he was to inherit until they were introduced the next night at Almack's. So began the Earl's pursual of Miss Walsom, which lasted three months and which she did not take to be serious for the longest time; until he proposed to her in the middle of a crowded ballroom surrounded by their family and friends, having sought her father's permission earlier that afternoon.

Whilst she was welcomed into the Montgomery family with love and warmth, her relationship with her own family soon soured and a relationship that had never been particularly loving in the first place soon gave way to more resentment. As of 1811, Lady Eastborough has minimal contact with any of her family, save for the money that she sends to her dissolute younger brother Henry.

Current Season

Despite the strained relationship with her parents and siblings, Sophie has created a warm and happy life with her husband and children. After the difficult birth and subsequent death of her third child, and the hard pregnancy she had with Ivor, she was informed by her doctor that she would be unable to bear any further children. For someone who had always wanted a large family this was difficult to come to terms with, but she has borne it well and made up for it by becoming a lynchpin of society, constantly surrounded by friends and extended family.

Usually in Surrey at Eastborough Park, having decided against doing the London Season this year whilst none of her children were in town, Lady Eastborough has returned to London for 1811 alongside her eldest son, her niece and her grand-nephew.

Sophie is sponsoring two young ladies at Almack's this season: Lady Lunete d'Aubin, the younger sister of Jean-Laurent d'Aubin (her son's particular friend), a young lady she loves like a daughter, and Miss Diana Osbourne, the daughter of Sophie's friend, the late Helen Osbourne.

Relationships

Immediate Family

(Limited to PCs and important NPCs. The full immediate family can be found here.)

Friends, Connections and Distant Cousins

Enemies

Thread Tracking

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