Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire [ Aristocracy / Fashion ]
… with whom she came into contact at ease in conversation. During the summer of 1772, while staying with her family at Spa in the Southern Netherlands, she met William Cavendish, fifth Duke of Devonshire (1748–1811) , and the match was … f. 227R. 3 . Georgiana Cavendish, The Sylph, 2 Volumes (London, 1779), V. I, p. 189. The Connoisseur, a weekly London newspaper founded by George Colman the Elder, describes the gambler as one who ‘would ruin his own brother, if it might be …
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