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Amanda Foreman, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

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Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1782)

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John Baptiste Gilbert hairdresser to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire was known for her taste in fashion, not to mention her sporting of the latest hairstyles and it’s the man who created these styles what we’re going to take a brief look at in this article. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire after 1778. Courtesy of Royal Collections Trust In the novel Slyph, of 1779, which has been attributed to the duchess, she referred to her own…

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Try not to be too hard on His Grace, G. He's merely intent on fulfilling his duty and as for talking to him, well, whatever is there to talk about?

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BORN ON THIS DAY:

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Spencer; 7 June 1757 – 30 March 1806), was an English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, and activist.

Born into 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 preeminent position in the peerage of England, the Duchess was famous for her charisma, political influence, beauty, unusual marital arrangement, love affairs, and socializing.

She was notorious for her gambling addiction, leading to an immense debt.

She was the great-great-great-great aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Their lives, centuries apart, have been compared in tragedy.

She was also a great-great-great-aunt of Elizabeth II by marriage through the queen's maternal grandmother.

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The Duchess (2008, Saul Dibb)

04/10/2024

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Hmm. Ahead of my birthday I was looking at a list of people also born on the 20th of February and it’s a very varied crop. I already knew about Anthony Head and Dame Gillian Lynne, as well as Rihanna and ex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown, but I’d completely forgotten that I also share it with Cindy Crawford, Sidney Poitier, Ian Brown of the Stone Roses, Kurt Cobain, actresses Brenda Blethyn and Imogen Stubbs, plus directors Mike Leigh and Robert Altman. Oh, and Ivana Trump. 🫤

A bit of a mixed bag there!

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The Duchess (2008)

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Amanda Foreman, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

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GEORGIANA CAVENDISH

GEORGIANA CAVENDISH, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE

7 June 1757 - 30 March 1806

THE DUCHESS

            Georgiana Cavendish was a British socialite who is best known for wearing fashionable clothing, her big hair, throwing parties, and gambling.

            Georgiana was born into a noble family, the Spencer family and is related to Diana, Princess of Wales.

            Georgiana, 17, was married to William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire who took her best friend Elizabeth ‘Bess’ as his long-term mistress (and married her after Georgiana died). Behind Georgiana smiling face, there was a person who suffered from great unhappiness. Georgiana was popular with everyone but her husband who showed little interest in her. He did his duty and the couple had many miscarriages, but had four surviving children, she had three with her husband and one with her lover, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey.

            She was close to her sister Harriet whose husband abused her so badly on one occasion that she nearly died. Georgiana had to nurse her back to health. Georgiana was a friend of Marie Antoinette who heard the news of the French queen’s execution in 1793.

            She was interested in science, politics (she campaigned for the Whig party) and music and was also a writer.

            Georgiana fell ill (possibly jaundice), her health deteriorated and Harriet looked after her at the end of her life. She suffered from fevers and shivering fits (one lasted for 8 hours), and the doctor had to shave her hair off. She died in 1806, aged 46, and is buried at Derby Cathedral.

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Guest post by Bibi Cox O'Brien - ‘To Myself’: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire’s newly discovered poem

As many of my regular readers will know, I am extremely interested in the life of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and have written several articles on here about her, but today I am incredibly thrilled to welcome a new guest to All Things Georgian. Bibi Cox O’Brien graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2022 with a BA and MA in English Literature and is set to go to Oxford University…

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An early and exceptional woman politician was Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

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Daniel Gardner (c.1750-1805) - The Three Witches from Macbeth, 1775

portraits of Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne; Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire; Anne Seymour Damer