Georgiana Cavendish. Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire was an English socialite, political organizer, style icon, author, and activist.
Of noble birth from the Spencer family, 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. As the Duchess of Devonshire, she garnered much attention and fame in society during her lifetime.
With a pre-eminent position in the peerage of England, the duchess was famous for her charisma, political influence, beauty, unusual marital arrangement, love affairs, socializing, and gambling. She was the great-great-great-grand-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Their lives, centuries apart, have been compared in tragedy. The duchess was born Miss Georgiana Spencer, on 7 June 1757, as the first child of John Spencer and his wife, Georgiana, at the Spencer family home, Althorp.
After her daughter's birth, her mother wrote that I will own I feel so partial to my Dear little Gee, that I think I never shall love another so well. Two younger siblings followed: Henrietta and George. Mr John Spencer, great-grandson of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, came from a wealthy English noble family. He built a Spencer family residence at St. James's, London and raised his children there. The parents raised Georgiana and her siblings in a happy marriage which bears no record of
Of noble birth from the Spencer family, 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. As the Duchess of Devonshire, she garnered much attention and fame in society during her lifetime.
With a pre-eminent position in the peerage of England, the duchess was famous for her charisma, political influence, beauty, unusual marital arrangement, love affairs, socializing, and gambling. She was the great-great-great-grand-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Their lives, centuries apart, have been compared in tragedy. The duchess was born Miss Georgiana Spencer, on 7 June 1757, as the first child of John Spencer and his wife, Georgiana, at the Spencer family home, Althorp.
After her daughter's birth, her mother wrote that I will own I feel so partial to my Dear little Gee, that I think I never shall love another so well. Two younger siblings followed: Henrietta and George. Mr John Spencer, great-grandson of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, came from a wealthy English noble family. He built a Spencer family residence at St. James's, London and raised his children there. The parents raised Georgiana and her siblings in a happy marriage which bears no record of
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