Lucy Walter (c. 1630 – 1658), also known as Lucy Barlow, was the first mistress of Charles II. She is the mother of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.
Life
Ancestry and early life
Lucy Walter was born into Welsh gentry as the daughter of William Walter and his wife Elizabeth Prothero. She was born somewhere around 1930 at her family's home in Roch Castle near Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, Wales. She had two brothers, Richard and Justus. She did not receive any formal education but learned etiquette.
