Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
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Standard Name: Devonshire, Georgiana Cavendish,,, Duchess of
Birth Name: Georgiana Spencer
Styled: Lady Georgiana Spencer
Married Name: Lady Georgiana Cavendish
Titled: Lady Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Pseudonym: A Young Lady
Nickname: The Rat
An occasional or amateur author during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
, wrote in a number of genres: poetry, diaries, travel writings, letters, and possibly two novels. Much of her work remains unpublished and her canon, both in prose and poetry, is far from certain.
The Regent
made no complaint about ECK
at her dismissal, but it would appear that the dismissal was related to Princess Charlotte's decision that she would not marry a prince who seemed likely to subordinate...
Occupation
Anna Miller
The day chosen was Friday, later switched to Thursday. The meetings took place in winter, the fashionable season at Bath, and upper-class visitors were eager to attend. Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire
visited during the first...
Performance of text
Joanna Baillie
Produced by J. P. Kemble
in a version adapted by himself, this performance included an epilogue by Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
.
Howells, Coral Ann. Joanna Baillie and Her Circle, 1790-1850. Camden History Society.
Dowd, Maureen A. “’By the Delicate Hand of a Female’: Melodramatic Mania and Joanna Baillie’s Spectacular Tragedies”. European Romantic Review, Vol.
9
, No. 4, pp. 469-00.
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The play was revived by Edmund Kean
in 1821, for five nights...
politics
Mary Robinson
MR
moved in radical literary circles; her friends were writers and intellectuals with a mission to change the world. She observes that of male servants the most loyal she found over the course of her...
politics
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
He held office under the Whigs, played a role in the trial of Warren Hastings
, became an intimate friend of the Prince of Wales
, and was a vital player (with Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
politics
Lady Caroline Lamb
Probably inspired by the example of her aunt the Duchess of Devonshire
, she wrote letters, canvassed in taverns, and exchanged kisses for votes. Being even more notorious already than her aunt, she had less...
politics
Anne Damer
AD
was a Fox
ite Whig, who helped her friend the Duchess of Devonshire
in her campaign for Fox in the famous election of May 1784. She later championed Queen Caroline at the time of...
Publishing
Isabella Kelly
Its title-page mentioned its dedication (with permission) to the Duchess of York
. This dedication voices IK
's hopes of extricating her husband from distress as well as supporting her children. Its subscription list was...
Publishing
Sophia King
SK
's subscribers included J. Fortnum
, Esq. (perhaps her father-in-law), and many from the nobility, including the Duchess of Devonshire
and her husband
, the Duchess of Rutland
, and Lord Melbourne
(father-in-law of...
Publishing
Charlotte Smith
Encouraged by her friendship with the theatrical patron and amateur performer Henrietta O'Neill
, CS
had long thought about writing for the stage. She had written to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
, in 1795 about...
Publishing
Catherine Gore
This novel was edited, with her initials, by Lady Charlotte Bury
; she disclaimed the political opinions of the narrator, or any first-hand knowledge of the material, since, she said, it dealt with a period...
Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire
re-issued her predecessor Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
's The Passage of the Mountain of Saint Gothard at Paris with her own Sketch of a Descriptive Journey through Switzerland.