Jane Granville, Countess of Bath

Jane Granville (or Grenville), Countess of Bath (died 3 February 1692), formerly Jane Wyche, was the wife of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, and the mother of the 2nd Earl. She was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Catherine of Braganza, the queen consort of King Charles II of England.

Jane was a daughter of Sir Peter Wyche, English ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, and his wife, the former Jane Meredith.[1] She married the future earl in October 1652 at Kilkhampton.[2] He received his earldom at the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, making his wife a countess.

The couple's children included:

• Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath (1661–1701), eldest son and heir, who married twice: first, to Lady Martha Osborne (died 1689), daughter of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, and second, to Isabella van Nassau (1668-1692).
• Lady Jane Granville (c.1653-1696),[3] who married Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet, and had children, including John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower.[4]
• Lady Catherine Granville, who married Craven Peyton, Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge, and had no children[5]
• Lady Grace Granville, suo jure 1st Countess Granville (1654–1744), who married George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret of Haynes Park, Bedfordshire, and was later made a peer in her own right as Viscountess Carteret and Countess Granville.[2]
• John Granville, 1st Baron Granville of Potheridge (1665–1707),[4] who married Rebecca Child and had no children

The earl outlived his wife and died in 1701, but was followed within a fortnight by his son and heir, the 2nd Earl, who is thought to have committed suicide by shooting himself (possibly because the debts he had inherited exceeded his income)[6] and was buried on the same day as his father.[2] The title passed to Charles's only son, William, who died of smallpox, aged 19, in 1711.[7][8]