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Abigail Masham Baroness Masham (née Hill) (c. 1670 – December 6 1734) was a favourite of Queen Anne and a cousin of Sarah Churchill Duchess of Marlborough.Abigail Hill was the daughter of Francis Hill a London merchant her mother Elizabeth Hill (Jennings) being an aunt of Sarah Jennings later Duchess of Marlborough. The family was reduced to poor circumstances through her father’s speculations and Abigail was forced to work as a servant of Sir John Rivers of Kent.

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