Abigail Masham English aristocrat and politician Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham of Otes, was born in 1670 and died on this day in 1734. Born Abigail Hill, the daughter of a London merchant, she and her siblings …

English aristocrat and politician Abigail Masham, who pussy-munched her way to become the favourite of #QueenAnne of Britain, supplanting her cousin #SarahChurchill, was born in 1670 and died on this day [6 December] in 1734. #abigailmasham #badgay #thefavourite