Henrietta Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville

GF 's mother was born Lady Henrietta Elizabeth (Harriet or Harryo) Cavendish , daughter of the fifth Duke of Devonshire and of the writer and patron Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire . A shrewd and intelligent...

GF 's mother, Lady Granville , is said to have regretted that Ellen Middleton was quite so mournful. But contemporary reviewers were generally positive, and the novel proved popular. William Ewart Gladstone , reviewing it...