James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, was a British landowner and politician who represented Hereford in the English and British House of Commons from 1698 until 1714, when he succeeded to his father's
Portrait by Michael Dahl, c. 1719
1722 portrait of Chandos by John Vanderbank showing the newly constructed great basin at Cannons in the background.
1726 portrait of Chandos by Herman van der Mijn
Cannons House, Middlesex, England, seat of the Duke of Chandos
Cassandra Willoughby, Duchess of Chandos was an English historian, travel writer and artist. She spent more than a quarter-century overseeing the restoration of the gardens and rebuilding of the famil
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
…Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos (1 February 1708 – 28 November 1771). His first wife Mary died on 15 September 1712. He then married Cassandra Willoughby of Wollaton Hall, the daughter of Francis Willoughby and Emma Barnard on 4 August 1713. His second wife Cassandra died on 18 July 1735. On 18 April…
Wollaton Hall, family seat in Nottingham of Duchess Cassandra's family, the Willoughbys
Kneller's 1713 portrait, Chandos family, believed to show Cassandra, rather than the Duke's first wife, mother of the two children in the picture.
Shaw House, an estate of Cassandra and her husband, Duke James Brydges