Brilliana, Lady Harley

Brilliana
Lady Harley
Known forletter-writing
BornBrilliana Conway
1598 (1598)
Died29 October 1643(1643-10-29) (aged 44–45)
ResidenceBrampton Bryan Castle
Wars and battlesEnglish Civil War
SpouseSir Robert Harley
Issue7, including Sir Edward Harley
FatherSir Edward Conway

Brilliana, Lady Harley (1598 – 29 October 1643), née Brilliana Conway, was an English letter writer.

Her name was coined by her father, Sir Edward Conway, English governor of Brielle (called Brill in English) in Holland with the suffix -ian as a demonym and the Latin feminine suffix -a.

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