Maria Coventry, Countess of Coventry
Maria Coventry, Countess of Coventry was a famous Irish beauty and London society hostess during the reign of King George II. She died at a young age due to lead and mercury poisoning from toxins in her beauty regimen.
The Countess of Coventry by Francis Cotes
The Countess of Coventry
Portrait of a pensive woman on a sofa, a 1749 painting of Mary Gunning in Turkish costume by Jean-Étienne Liotard
Elizabeth Hamilton, 1st Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon
Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, 1st Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon, earlier Elizabeth Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton, née Gunning, was a celebrated Anglo-Irish beauty, lady-in-waiting to Queen Charlotte, and society hostess.
Portrait by Gavin Hamilton
James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton
John Campbell, Duke of Argyll