Mary Stopford, Countess of Courtown (died 1810)


Mary Stopford, Countess of Courtown, formerly Mary Powys, was the wife of James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown.
Mary was the daughter of Richard Powys, MP, of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk, and his wife, the former Lady Mary Brudenell. Her sister Elizabeth married Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney. Following their father's death in 1743, their mother remarried, her second husband being Thomas Bowlby, MP.
Mary married the future earl on 19 April 1762 at St. George's, Hanover Square, when he was an MP representing an Irish constituency. The earl and countess had four sons:
They also had one daughter, who is not mentioned as living in the countess's obituary.
The countess's portrait was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds
The countess died at her home in Ham Common, Surrey, when "far advanced in life", and was buried at Deene, Northamptonshire.