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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 Much of her work remains unpublished and her canon, both in prose and poetry, is far from certain.
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| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Sarah Trimmer | Their second daughter, Sarah known as Selina
, taught the younger ones and also some neighbour children. Yarde, Doris M. Sarah Trimmer of Brentford and her Children, with Some of her Early Writings 1780-1786. Hounslow and District History Society. 17 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Harriette Wilson | Some months before her twentieth birthday, HW
fell in love at first sight with Lord John Ponsonby
(a relation of the famous Duchess of Devonshire
and cousin of Lady Caroline Lamb
), who became second... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire | Lady Elizabeth Foster
became the friend of the current Duchess of Devonshire, Georgiana
, and of the Duke
; very soon the three were inseparable. Foreman, Amanda. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. HarperCollins. 97, 103 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire | Lady Elizabeth Foster
married her long-time lover, the Duke of Devonshire
, three years after the death of his first wife, Georgiana
, her intimate friend. Foreman, Amanda. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. HarperCollins. 395 Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Editor Gibbs, Vicary, St Catherine Press. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire | Bess attached herself sentimentally to both the Duke
and Duchess of Devonshire
. Georgiana loved her from the first; it is not clear exactly how soon the duke (known in this intimate circle as Canis... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Caroline Lamb | LCL
's mother, Henrietta Frances Ponsonby
, later Countess of Bessborough and known as Harriet, was the sister of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
, and, like her, a patron of women writers and of the... |
| Employer | Susanna Haswell Rowson | It was during this lean period that she began writing, teaching (she was probably though not certainly a governess, and possibly worked for Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
), and acting. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Dedications | Charlotte Smith | She dated her preface 19 November 1794. Further editions followed, and Rambles Farther (a sequel from the same publishers, Cadell and Davies
) appeared in August 1796, dedicated by permission to the twelve-year-old daughter of... |
| Dedications | Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan | She was working on the research for this novel before she married; the work was interrupted by her father's death in May 1812. After it she wrote: He was the object for which I laboured... |
| Dedications | Ann Hatton | The future AH
published with her name (Ann Curtis, sister of Mrs. Siddons) Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects, with a strong subscription list, dedicated to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
. Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall. 57 (1784): 314 |
| Dedications | Frances Arabella Rowden | She dedicated the work to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
(aunt of her pupil Lady Caroline Lamb
), who blooms the sweetest flow'r in Britain's isle. Rowden, Frances Arabella. A Poetical Introduction to the Study of Botany. T. Bensley. |
| Dedications | Susanna Haswell Rowson | SHR
issued by subscription her first novel, Victoria, dedicated to her possible employer (or ex-employer) Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
, published for the author. Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press. 1: 388-9 |
| Dedications | Radagunda Roberts | Hawkesworth, in suggesting this translation, had observed that as a woman's work of truly delicate female type this novel needed a female translator. He then revised, corrected, and approved the manuscript, but mere chance prevented... |
| death | Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire | Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire
, died in Rome, eighteen years precisely after the death of her predecessor Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
. Foreman, Amanda. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. HarperCollins. 399 |
| Cultural formation | Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire | Her sexuality was and remains a large part of her reputation. She seems to have begun on her pattern of extramarital affairs while still with her first husband. While on her travels she was constantly... |
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