Bridget Clinton, Countess of Lincoln


Bridget Clinton, Countess of Lincoln, formerly Bridget Fiennes, was an English noblewoman, who became Countess of Lincoln in 1619.
She was the daughter of William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Temple. She married Theophilus Clinton, 4th Earl of Lincoln, some time before 1619, and their children were:
In 1622, her mother-in-law's book, The Countess of Lincoln's Nursery, was dedicated to her. It praised the young countess for opting to breast-feed her own children.
Thomas Dudley, who as the earl's steward had been involved in arranging her marriage to Clinton, wrote to her in 1631, reporting on the experiences of settlers in New England, indicating that she was a popular figure with emigrants from Lincolnshire.
After Bridget's death, the earl married a second time, to the widow Elizabeth Gorges, who was a relation of his, but they had no children.