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Cavendish, Georgiana (1757 - 1806)

Short name Cavendish, Georgiana
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First name Georgiana
Birth name Cavendish
Married name Cavendish
Alternative name Georgiana Spencer — Duchess of Devonshire
Date of birth 1757
Date of death 1806
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Sex Female
Place of birth Surrey (region)
Place of death London
Lived in England
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Religion / ideology Protestant
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Cavendish, William 1774-None Married
Cavendish, Georgiana was ...
related to Robinson, Mary (actress)
family: non-household Beauclerk, Diana
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Place(s) of Residence England
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receptions circulations
The Sylph (1779) 2 0
Zillia (1782)
is also a reception: is intertextual to Théâtre à l'usage des jeunes personnes
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*Memoirs of Miss Holmsbys (1788) 0 0
*Dithyrambe sur l'immortalité de l'âme, suivi du Passage du Saint-Gothard (1800) 1 0
*Positive comments on her reading of Genlis (1880~)
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Emma; or, The unfortunate attachment 0 0

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John Boydell after Lady Diana Beauclerk, portrait of er Grace the Dutchess of Devonshire (Georgiana), ca. 1779. Beauclerk, Diana 1779 is portrait of

Married to William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, 1774. Liaison with Charles Grey. 2 daughters (Georgina Howard, Harriet Leveson-Gower), 1 son (William Cavendish) + 1 illegitimate daughter (Eliza Courtney).
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