The beautiful Gunning sisters (later Countess of Coventry
, and successively Duchess of Hamilton and of Argyll
) were EG
's aunts. Lady Coventry, however, had died before Elizabeth was born.
Family and Intimate relationships
Lady Charlotte Bury
The Duchess of Argyll
, LCB
's mother, died while Charlotte was only fifteen.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
(1790) 1154
Family and Intimate relationships
Lady Charlotte Bury
LCB
's mother, born Elizabeth Gunning
, was one of the two famously beautiful Miss Gunnings: the second daughter of Irish landowner John Gunning of Castle Coot in Roscommon. She married firstly James Hamilton
Family and Intimate relationships
Lady Colin Campbell
Lord Colin Campbell, born on 8 March 1853 to George Douglas Campbell
, eighth duke of Argyll, and his wife, born Lady Elizabeth Leveson-Gower
,
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under George Douglas Campbell
“The Late Lord Colin Campbell”. The Scotsman, Scotsman Publications, 19 June 1895, p. 7.
(19 June 1895): 7
was described...
Wealth and Poverty
Alison Cockburn
Patrick Cockburn
's elder brother had sold the family estates, to pay off debts, in 1748; hence the need for Patrick to find employment. Patrick had saved the duke once before 1750, by preventing him...
Timeline
: The Gunning sisters arrived in London from...
Building item
Summer 1751
The Gunning sisters arrived in London from Ireland, and created a sensation with their beauty: Maria
was aged around seventeen and Elizabeth
was a year younger.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.