Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

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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 Much of her work remains unpublished and her canon, both in prose and poetry, is far from certain.

Milestones

7 June 1757

Georgiana Spencer, later Duchess of Devonshire , was born, at Althorp near Northampton, her father's family estate.
Foreman, Amanda. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. HarperCollins.
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1799

An edition of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire 's poem The Passage of Mount St. Gothard, published at Glasgow as no. 8 of the Stewart and Meikle Tracts, is its earliest-dated but surely not earliest printing.
Probably coincidentally rather than opportunistically, this was also the year that The Valley of St. Gothard, A Novel was published in three volumes by Eliza Parsons .
OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1802

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire 's poem The Passage of the Mountain of Saint Gothard appeared in print in London: this was not its earliest printed version.
Fay, Elizabeth. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, <span data-tei-ns-tag="tei_title" data-tei-title-lvl="m">The Passage of the Mountain of Saint Gothard</span>. http://www.alexanderstreet2.com/SWRPLive/bios/S7027-D001.html.
OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

30 March 1806

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire , died at Devonshire House in Piccadilly, of an abscess on the liver.
Foreman, Amanda. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. HarperCollins.
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Biography

Birth and Influences

7 June 1757

Georgiana Spencer, later Duchess of Devonshire , was born, at Althorp near Northampton, her father's family estate.
Foreman, Amanda. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. HarperCollins.
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