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Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond
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Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond, was a British aristocrat and peeress best known as the hostess of the Duchess of Richmond's ball.
Bust of the Duchess, by Joseph Nollekens
Bust of the Duchess, by Joseph Nollekens
Duchess of Richmond's ball
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The Duchess of Richmond's Ball was a ball hosted by Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond in Brussels on 15 June 1815, the night before the Battle of Quatre Bras. Charlotte's husband Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, was in command of a reserve force in Brussels, which was protecting that city in case Napoleon Bonaparte invaded.
The Duchess of Richmond's Ball (1870s) by Robert Alexander Hillingford
The Duchess of Richmond's Ball (1870s) by Robert Alexander Hillingford
Intelligence of the Battle of Ligny (1818) by William Heath, depicting a Prussian officer informing the Duke of Wellington that the French have crosse
Intelligence of the Battle of Ligny (1818) by William Heath, depicting a Prussian officer informing the Duke of Wellington that the French have crossed the border at Charleroi and that the Prussians would concentrate their army at Ligny
Before Waterloo (1868) by Henry O'Neil, depicting officers departing from the Duchess of Richmond's ball
Before Waterloo (1868) by Henry O'Neil, depicting officers departing from the Duchess of Richmond's ball
The Black Brunswicker (1860) by John Everett Millais
The Black Brunswicker (1860) by John Everett Millais