Henrietta Frances Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, was the wife of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough; the couple were the parents of Lady Caroline Lamb. Her father, John Spencer, 1st Earl
Portrait by Angelica Kauffman, 1793
Lady Georgiana Spencer, Henrietta Spencer and George, Viscount Althorp, by Angelica Kauffman, c. 1766
Henrietta Ponsonby with her sons Frederick and John, by John Hoppner (1787)
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, was an English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, and activist. Born into the Spencer family and married into the Cavendish family, she was
Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough
…of Lady Caroline Lamb. Her father, John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer, was a great-grandson of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Her sister was Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. Being the youngest child, Harriet was often left in England, where her parents and elder sister Georgiana would visit the continent for her father's…
Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Thomas Gainsborough, 1785–1787
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.
Duchess of Devonshire as Cynthia by Maria Cosway circa 1782. Depicted as a character from Spenser's Faerie Queene.