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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Spencer; / dʒ ɔːr ˈ dʒ eɪ n ə / jor-JAY-nə; 7 June 1757 – 30 March 1806), was an English aristocrat, socialite, prodigious and addicted gambler, political organiser, author, and activist.
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748–1811); married firstly to Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806), political organizer; married secondly to Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1758–1824) Georgiana Howard, Countess of Carlisle (1783–1858) Harriet Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville (1785–1862)
5th Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington, 8th Earl of Devonshire, 7th Baron Clifford: George Augustus Henry Cavendish (1754–1834) 1st Earl of Burlington and Baron Cavendish of Keighley: Charles Boyle (1800–1834) styled Viscount Dungarvan: John Boyle (1803–1874) Georgiana Dorothy Cavendish (1783–1858) William George Spencer ...
Duke of Devonshire is a title in the Peerage of England held by members of the Cavendish family.This (now the senior) branch of the Cavendish family has been one of the wealthiest British aristocratic families since the 16th century and has been rivalled in political influence perhaps only by the Cecil marquesses of Salisbury and the Stanley earls of Derby.
Rachel Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1674 – 1725), wife of the second duke; Catherine Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1700–1777), wife of the third duke; Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806), first wife of the fifth duke; Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1759–1824), second wife of the fifth duke
Harriet Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville (née Lady Henrietta Elizabeth Cavendish; 29 August 1785 – 25 November 1862) was a British society hostess and writer. The younger daughter of Lady Georgiana Spencer and the 5th Duke of Devonshire, she was a member of the wealthy Cavendish and Spencer families and spent her childhood under the care of a governess with her two siblings.