Barbara Bellasis, Mrs Walter Strickland (c. 1645 - 1708)

John Riley (London 1646 – London 1691). Oil painting on canvas, Barbara Bellasis, Mrs Walter Strickland (c. 1645 - 1708) by John Riley (London 1646 – London 1691), circa 1690. A three-quarter-length seated portrait, in oyster coloured dress with red cloak, leaning on large urn. Sister of Thomas 2nd Lord Fauconberg, wife of Walter Strickland. She married firstly Sir Marmaduke Dalton of Hauxwell. Gilt frame. The seventh daughter of the Hon. Henry Bellasis and Grace Barton, and sister of Thomas, 2nd Viscount Fauconberg. She was married to the former royal page and mayor of Ripon, Walter Strickland (c.1628–71), Sir Robert’s second son, for just a year before his death, bearing him one daughter, Dorothy, who married William Grimston. She was married again, in 1676/7, to Sir Marmaduke Dalton, to whom she bore three more daughters. Sizergh Castle, Cumbria