Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, was an English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, and activist. Born into the Spencer family and married into the Cavendish family, she was the first wife of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and the mother of the 6th Duke of Devonshire.
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A young Miss Georgiana Spencer with her mother, Margaret Georgiana Spencer. Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
With her siblings, Henrietta and George, by Angelica Kauffman, c. 1774. The painting was painted just before Georgiana's marriage to the Duke of Devonshire.
Duchess of Devonshire as Cynthia by Maria Cosway circa 1782. Depicted as a character from Spenser's Faerie Queene.
The Duchess of Devonshire by Thomas Gainsborough, 1783
The preposterous head dress, or the featherd lady, caricature c. 1776
"THE DEVONSHIRE, or Most Approved Method of Securing Votes", by Thomas Rowlandson, 1784
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1775, The Devonshire CollectionIn their orbit 12
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About this person
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United KingdomCategory
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Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1757 to 1806 · aged 48
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