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Luckily for the terrified Harriet, her kind brother George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, swept in and protected her from immediate violence by quietly giving Duncannon the money. [6] Perhaps chastened by time and age, by 1820 Duncannon rather miraculously ceased his abuse, and he and Harriet eventually settled into a companionable marriage. [7]
Notes: This image was previously misidentified as a portrait of Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (Lady Elizabeth Foster).: References •Gleeson, Janet (2007) Privilege and Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana, Category:New York: Crown Retrieved on 20 September 2011.
Harriet Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville (née Lady Henrietta Elizabeth Cavendish; 29 August 1785 – 25 November 1862) was a British society hostess and writer. The younger daughter of Lady Georgiana Spencer and the 5th Duke of Devonshire, she was a member of the wealthy Cavendish and Spencer families and spent her childhood under the care of a governess with her two siblings.
Lady Henrietta is the youngest child and only daughter of the 11th Duke of Marlborough by his first wife Susan Mary, daughter of Michael Hornby.She is the great-granddaughter of Consuelo Vanderbilt and the step-sister of Christina Onassis through her father's second marriage to Tina Onassis, former wife of Aristotle Onassis.
Georgiana Dorothy Howard, Countess of Carlisle (née Cavendish; 12 July 1783 – 8 August 1858) was a British noblewoman.She was born after nine years of childless marriage between William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and his wife, Lady Georgiana Spencer, the political hostess and socialite.
Harriet Herbig-Matten and Damian Hardung in "Maxton Hall — The World Between Us." (©Amazon / Courtesy of Everett Collection (©Amazon/Courtesy Everett Collection)
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Margaret Georgiana Spencer, Countess Spencer (née Poyntz; 8 May 1737 – 18 March 1814), was an English philanthropist. She was born at St James's Palace as the daughter of a diplomat and a maid of honour to Caroline of Ansbach .