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Cover Asquith, Margaret Emma Alice [Margot], countess of Oxford and Asquith (1864–1945)

Asquith, Margaret Emma Alice [Margot], countess of Oxford and Asquith (1864–1945)  

Maker: Baron Adolf de Meyer

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Margaret Emma Alice Asquith, countess of Oxford and Asquith (1864–1945) by Baron Adolf de Meyer, c. 1911 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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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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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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Cover Cavendish, Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806)

Cavendish, Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806)  

Maker: Sir Joshua Reynolds

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Georgiana Cavendish, duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806) by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1784 [with her daughter Lady Georgiana Cavendish] Chatsworth House. Photograph: Photographic Survey, Courtauld Institute of Art, London

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Cavendish [née Spencer], Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806), political hostess  

Amanda Foreman

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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

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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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Cover Cecil, Mary Amelia, marchioness of Salisbury (1750–1835)

Cecil, Mary Amelia, marchioness of Salisbury (1750–1835)  

Maker: Sir Joshua Reynolds

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Mary Amelia Cecil, marchioness of Salisbury (1750–1835) by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1780–81 [altered, 1787–9] The Marquess of Salisbury

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Fitzgerald [née Lennox; other married name Ogilvie], Emilia Mary [Emily], duchess of Leinster (1731–1814), political hostess  

Rosemary Richey

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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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Cover Fitzgerald [Lennox], Emilia Mary, duchess of Leinster (1731–1814)

Fitzgerald [Lennox], Emilia Mary, duchess of Leinster (1731–1814)  

Maker: Sir Joshua Reynolds

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Emilia Mary Fitzgerald, duchess of Leinster (1731–1814) by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1774 private collection; photograph © National Portrait Gallery, London

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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

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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, 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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Cover Fortescue, Frances Elizabeth Anne Parkinson- (1821–1879)

Fortescue, Frances Elizabeth Anne Parkinson- (1821–1879)  

Maker: Camille Silvy

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Frances Elizabeth Anne Parkinson- Fortescue (1821–1879) by Camille Silvy, 1861 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Gordon [née Maxwell], Jane, duchess of Gordon (1748/9–1812), political hostess and agricultural reformer  

Christine Lodge

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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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Cover Gordon, Jane, duchess of Gordon (1748/9–1812)

Gordon, Jane, duchess of Gordon (1748/9–1812)  

Maker: George Romney

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Jane Gordon, duchess of Gordon (1748/99–1812) by George Romney, 1778 [ and George Gordon, marquess of Huntly, later fifth duke of Gordon (1770–1836)] Scottish National Portrait Gallery

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Cover Jebb, Cynthia, Lady Gladwyn (1898–1990)

Jebb, Cynthia, Lady Gladwyn (1898–1990)  

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Cynthia Jebb, Lady Gladwyn (1898–1990) by unknown photographer © reserved; private collection; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London

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Jebb [née Noble], Cynthia, Lady Gladwyn (1898–1990), political hostess and diarist  

Miles Jebb

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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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Jekyll [née Graham], Dame Agnes (1861–1937), philanthropist and political hostess  

Cordelia Moyse

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Jekyll [née Graham], Dame Agnes (1861–1937), philanthropist and political hostess, was born on 12 October 1861 in Largs, Ayrshire, the sixth daughter of William Graham (1817–1885), Liberal MP and art collector, and his wife, Jane Catherine (1819/20–1899), daughter of John Loundes of ...

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Jeune [née Stewart-Mackenzie other married name Stanley], (Susan Elizabeth) Mary, Lady St Helier (1845–1931), hostess  

K. D. Reynolds

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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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Jeune, (Susan Elizabeth) Mary, Lady St Helier (1845–1931)  

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(Susan Elizabeth) Mary Jeune, Lady St Helier (1845–1931) by (Mary) Olive Edis, 1914 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Lamb [née Milbanke], Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne (bap. 1751, d. 1818), political hostess and agricultural improver  

Jonathan David Gross

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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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Cover Lamb, Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne (bap. 1751, d. 1818)

Lamb, Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne (bap. 1751, d. 1818)  

Maker: Sir Thomas Lawrence

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Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne (bap. 1751, d. 1818) by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c. 1800 reproduced by kind permission of Lord Ralph Kerr, Melbourne Hall

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Lieven [née Benckendorff], Dorothea Khristoforovna, Princess Lieven in the Russian nobility (1785–1857), political hostess  

Dominic Lieven

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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 ...