Elizabeth Home, Countess of Home

Elizabeth Home, Countess of Home was a JamaicanEnglish heiress. Already rich from her merchant father, she married James Lawes, the eligible son of Jamaicas governor, in 1720. They moved to London, and his death in 1734 left her a wealthy widow. Elizabeth married the spendthrift William Home, 8th Earl of Home in late 1742. He abandoned her soon after and she spent her next years living an extravagant lifestyle Elizabeth earned the nickname Queen of Hell for her irascible behaviour and lavish parties.

Elizabeth Gibbons was born in Jamaica in 1703 or 1704. She belonged to the islands Creole class, a caste of people born in the West Indies but descended from white settlers. She was the only child and heir of William Gibbons, a West Indies merchant and one of the islands original English planters. Little otherwise is known of him. Her mother Deborah Favell was the daughter of John Favell, a member of Jamaicas Council and Assembly.

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