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Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (née Lucas; 1623 – 16 December 1673) was a prolific English philosopher, poet, scientist, fiction writer and playwright. She produced more than 12 original literary works, many of which became well known due to her high social status, which allowed Margaret to meet and converse with some of ...
Margaret Holles, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (née Cavendish; 22 October 1661 – 24 December 1715/16, London) was an English noblewoman. Margaret was born the third daughter and fourth of six children of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and his wife, Frances Pierrepoint. [1] On 1 March 1690, she married John Holles, Earl of ...
The Cavendish (or de Cavendish) family (/ ˈ k æ v ən d ɪ ʃ / KAV-ən-dish; / ˈ k æ n d ɪ ʃ / KAN-dish) [1] is a British noble family, of Anglo-Norman origins (though with an Anglo-Saxon name, originally from a place-name in Suffolk).
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623–1673) (née Margaret Lucas), English aristocrat, writer and scientist, 2nd wife of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle Frances Pierrepoint (1630–1695), wife of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle
The Convent of Pleasure is a comedic play first published by Margaret Cavendish in 1668. It tells the story of Lady Happy, a noblewoman who chooses to reject marriage in favor of creating a community - the titular “convent” - in which she and other women of noble birth can live free from the constraints of patriarchy.
5. Lady Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower [20] 11. Lady Louisa Egerton: 1. Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland: 12. William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire: 6. William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire [20] 13. Charlotte Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford: 3. Lady Georgiana Dorothy Cavendish [2] 14. John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer ...
Nearing the end of her life, Burden is comforted by Cavendish's work: "I am back to my blazing mother Margaret" (p. 348), she writes in her notebook. In 2021, Carlson Young released the film The Blazing World, which she directed, co-wrote, and starred in. The film's credits state that it is "inspired by Margaret Cavendish and other dreams". [22]
The second Duke's third daughter, Lady Margaret Cavendish (1661-1717), married John Holles, 4th Earl of Clare, who was incidentally her first cousin, her mother's sister's son. In 1694, the dukedom was revived when he was created Marquess of Clare and Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne .