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Lady Elizabeth with Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, by Guérin, ca. 1791. In May 1782, Bess met the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire in Bath, and quickly became Georgiana's closest friend. From this time, she lived in a triad with Georgiana and her husband, William, the 5th Duke of Devonshire, for about 25 years.
A young Miss Georgiana Spencer with her mother, Margaret Georgiana Spencer. Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.. The Duchess was born Miss Georgiana Spencer, on 7 June 1757, [4] as the first child of John Spencer (later Earl Spencer) and his wife, Georgiana (née Poyntz, later Countess Spencer), at the Spencer family home, Althorp. [3]
The Duchess is a 2008 historical drama film directed by Saul Dibb, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen, based on the 1998 book Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman, about the late 18th-century English aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.
Bess of Hardwick (1527–1608), Elizabethan courtier, married to Sir William Cavendish; Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1759–1824), wife of the fifth Duke of Devonshire; Elizabeth Cavendish (lawyer), executive director of Appleseed Foundation; Elizabeth Cavendish, Countess of Bridgewater (1626–1663), writer
Elizabeth Hardwick was the daughter of John Hardwick of Derbyshire by his wife Elizabeth Leeke, daughter of Thomas Leeke and Margaret Fox. [4] Her exact birthdate is unknown, occurring in the period 1521 to 1527; that said, according to her witness statement under oath [5] at a court hearing in October 1546, in which she gives her age at the time of her first marriage in May 1543 as being "of ...
Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1759–1824), second wife of the fifth duke; Louisa Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1832–1911), wife of the eighth duke; Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1870–1960), wife of the ninth duke; Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1895–1988), wife of the tenth duke
Duke of Devonshire is a title in the Peerage of England held by members of the Cavendish family.This (now the senior) branch of the Cavendish family has been one of the wealthiest British aristocratic families since the 16th century and has been rivalled in political influence perhaps only by the marquesses of Salisbury and the earls of Derby.
During her years in the public eye, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire was painted several times by both Thomas Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds. Gainsborough's painting of her around 1785, in a large black hat (a style which she made fashionable, and came to be known as the 'Gainsborough' or 'portrait' hat), has become famous for its history.