… 536, July 1901), p. 46. Octr. ye 5, 1743. Ld. Lincoln bets Ld. Winchelsea One hundred Guineas to fifty guineas, that the Duchess Dowager of Marlborough does not survive the Duchess Dowager of Cleveland. 9 O ne of the most famous bets of the history of gentlemen’s clubs was reported in a letter …
… according to his obituarist. 7 In A Gaming Table at Devonshire House (1791) for instance, the artist portrays Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, whose debt amounted to more than £ 60,000 by 1789, at a game of Faro with her guests, who seem …