Asquith [née Tennant], Margaret Emma Alice [Margot], countess of Oxford and Asquith (1864–1945), political hostess and diarist, was born on 2 February 1864, the sixth daughter and eleventh child of Sir Charles Tennant, first baronet (1823–1906), wealthy Scottish industrialist and Liberal MP, and his first wife, ...
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Asquith [née Tennant], Margaret Emma Alice [Margot], countess of Oxford and Asquith (1864–1945), political hostess and diarist
Eleanor Brock
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Cavendish [née Spencer], Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806), political hostess
Amanda Foreman
Cavendish [née Spencer], Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806), political hostess, was born in Wimbledon, Surrey, on 7 June 1757, the eldest daughter of John Spencer, first Earl Spencer (1734–1783), and his wife, Margaret Georgiana Spencer (née Poyntz) (1737–1814). Four more siblings followed, of whom two survived: ...
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Cecil [née Hill], Mary Amelia [Emily Mary], marchioness of Salisbury (1750–1835), political hostess and sportswoman
E. H. Chalus
Cecil [née Hill], Mary Amelia [Emily Mary], marchioness of Salisbury (1750–1835), political hostess and sportswoman, was born and baptized in Dublin on 16 August 1750, the eldest daughter of Wills Hill, second Viscount Hillsborough and successively later first earl of Hillsborough and first marquess of Downshire...
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Crewe [née Greville], Frances Anne, Lady Crewe (bap. 1748, d. 1818), political hostess
Eric Salmon
Crewe [née Greville], Frances Anne, Lady Crewe (bap. 1748, d. 1818), political hostess, was baptized at Newton Toney, Wiltshire, on 28 November 1748, the only daughter of Fulke Greville (1717–1805), diplomat and man of fashion, and his wife, the poet Frances Greville, ...
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Fitzgerald [née Lennox; other married name Ogilvie], Emilia Mary [Emily], duchess of Leinster (1731–1814), political hostess
Rosemary Richey
Fitzgerald [née Lennox; other married name Ogilvie], Emilia Mary [Emily], duchess of Leinster (1731–1814), political hostess, was born on 6 October 1731, the second of the seven surviving children of Charles Lennox, second duke of Richmond and Lennox (1701–1750), and his wife, ...
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Fortescue, Frances Elizabeth Anne Parkinson- [née Frances Elizabeth Anne Braham; other married name Frances Elizabeth Anne Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave] (1821–1879), political hostess
K. D. Reynolds
Fortescue, Frances Elizabeth Anne Parkinson- [née Frances Elizabeth Anne Braham; other married name Frances Elizabeth Anne Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave] (1821–1879), political hostess, was born on 4 January 1821 at 3 Tavistock Square, London, the third child and eldest daughter of John Braham (1777?–1856)...
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Fox, Elizabeth Vassall [née Elizabeth Vassall], Lady Holland [other married name Elizabeth Vassall Webster, Lady Webster] (1771?–1845), political and literary hostess
C. J. Wright
Fox, Elizabeth Vassall [née Elizabeth Vassall], Lady Holland [other married name Elizabeth Vassall Webster, Lady Webster] (1771
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Gordon [née Maxwell], Jane, duchess of Gordon (1748/9–1812), political hostess and agricultural reformer
Christine Lodge
Gordon [née Maxwell], Jane, duchess of Gordon (1748/9–1812), political hostess and agricultural reformer, was born at Hyndford's Close, Edinburgh, the third of the four children of Sir William Maxwell of Monreith, Wigtownshire, third baronet, (c.1712–1771), and his wife, Magdalene, daughter of ...
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Jebb [née Noble], Cynthia, Lady Gladwyn (1898–1990), political hostess and diarist
Miles Jebb
Jebb [née Noble], Cynthia, Lady Gladwyn (1898–1990), political hostess and diarist, was born on 20 November 1898 at The Grove, Jesmond Dene, Newcastle upon Tyne, the younger daughter and youngest of the four children of Sir Saxton William Armstrong Noble, third baronet...
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Jeune [née Stewart-Mackenzie other married name Stanley], (Susan Elizabeth) Mary, Lady St Helier (1845–1931), hostess
K. D. Reynolds
Jeune [née Stewart-Mackenzie other married name Stanley], (Susan Elizabeth) Mary, Lady St Helier (1845–1931), hostess, was born in Munich, Bavaria, on 18 May 1845, the eldest of the three children of Keith William Stewart-Mackenzie (1818–1881) of Seaforth, army officer, and his first wife, ...
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Lamb [née Milbanke], Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne (bap. 1751, d. 1818), political hostess and agricultural improver
Jonathan David Gross
Lamb [née Milbanke], Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne (bap. 1751, d. 1818), political hostess and agricultural improver, was baptized on 15 October 1751 at Croft-on-Tees, Yorkshire, the only daughter of Sir Ralph Milbanke, fifth baronet (1721?–1798), of Halnaby Hall, Yorkshire, landowner and politician, and his wife, ...
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Lieven [née Benckendorff], Dorothea Khristoforovna, Princess Lieven in the Russian nobility (1785–1857), political hostess
Dominic Lieven
Lieven [née Benckendorff], Dorothea Khristoforovna, Princess Lieven in the Russian nobility (1785–1857), political hostess, was born in Riga, Latvia, on 17 December 1785, the daughter of General Christoph von Benckendorff and his wife, Juliane (née Baroness Schilling von Canstatt). Her success in life owed much to her parents' powerful connections at the Russian court. Her father was governor of ...
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MacDonald [married names Ridgley, Peterkin], Ishbel Allan (1903–1982), political hostess and local politician
Hester Barron
MacDonald [married names Ridgley, Peterkin], Ishbel Allan (1903–1982), political hostess and local politician, was born at 3 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, London, on 2 March 1903, the eldest daughter of the journalist and Labour politician, and later prime minister, (James) Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937)...
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Manners [née Somerset], Mary Isabella, duchess of Rutland (1756–1831), politician and society hostess
E. H. Chalus
Manners [née Somerset], Mary Isabella, duchess of Rutland (1756–1831), politician and society hostess, was born on 1 August 1756, the fifth and youngest daughter of Charles Noel Somerset, fourth duke of Beaufort (1709–1756) [see under Somerset, Henry, second duke of Beaufort...
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Stanley [née Dillon-Lee], Henrietta Maria, Lady Stanley of Alderley (1807–1895), political hostess and campaigner for women's education
Gillian Sutherland
Stanley [née Dillon-Lee], Henrietta Maria, Lady Stanley of Alderley (1807–1895), political hostess and campaigner for women's education, was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 21 December 1807, the eldest child of the six sons and five daughters of Henry Augustus Dillon-Lee, thirteenth Viscount Dillon...
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Stanley [née Sackville-West], Mary Catherine, countess of Derby [other married name Mary Catherine Gascoyne-Cecil, marchioness of Salisbury] (1824–1900), grande dame and politician manqué
Peter Ghosh
Stanley [née Sackville-West], Mary Catherine, countess of Derby [other married name Mary Catherine Gascoyne-Cecil, marchioness of Salisbury] (1824–1900), grande dame and politician manqué, was born, probably at Bourn, Cambridgeshire, on 23 July 1824, sixth of the nine children of George Sackville-West, ...
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Stewart, Edith Helen Vane-Tempest- [née Edith Helen Chaplin], marchioness of Londonderry (1878–1959), political hostess and writer
Diane Urquhart
Stewart, Edith Helen Vane-Tempest- [née Edith Helen Chaplin], marchioness of Londonderry (1878–1959), political hostess and writer, was born on 3 December 1878 at Blankney House in Lincolnshire, the second of three children of Henry Chaplin, later first Viscount Chaplin (1840–1923), and his wife, ...
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Temple [née Lamb], Emily Mary [Amelia], Viscountess Palmerston (1787–1869), political hostess
K. D. Reynolds
Temple [née Lamb], Emily Mary [Amelia], Viscountess Palmerston (1787–1869), political hostess, was born on 21 April 1787, the fifth surviving child of Elizabeth Lamb, née Milbanke, Viscountess Melbourne (bap. 1751, d. 1818). She was ostensibly and legally the child of Peniston Lamb, ...
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Tennant [née Collier], Gertrude Barbara Rich (1819–1918), society hostess
David Waller
Tennant [née Collier], Gertrude Barbara Rich (1819–1918), society hostess, was born on 9 November 1819 at Newcastle Lodge, Galway, on the west coast of Ireland. She was the eldest daughter of the four daughters and three sons of Henry Theodosius Browne Collier (1791–1872)...
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Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Child- [née Margaret Elizabeth Leigh], countess of Jersey (1849–1945), political hostess and philanthropist
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Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Child- [née Margaret Elizabeth Leigh], countess of Jersey (1849–1945), political hostess and philanthropist, was born on 29 October 1849 at Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire, the eldest daughter of William Henry Leigh, second Baron Leigh (1824–1905) and his wife, Lady Caroline Amelia Grosvenor (...
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