Harriet Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville
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Harriet Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville was a British society hostess and writer. The younger daughter of Lady Georgiana Spencer and the 5th Duke of Devonshire, she was a member of the wealthy Cavendish and Spencer families and spent her childhood under the care of a governess with her two siblings.
Portrait by Thomas Barber, c. 1809
A portrait of Granville Leveson-Gower shortly before his marriage, by the artist Thomas Lawrence
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville with his wife Harriet and their children
The Hôtel de Charost, where the Leveson-Gowers lived intermittently between 1824 and 1841. Harriet particularly loved its garden.
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, 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.
Portrait by Thomas Gainsborough (18th century)
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.
The Duchess of Devonshire by Thomas Gainsborough, 1783.