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The Duchess is a 2008 historical drama film directed by Saul Dibb, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen, based on the 1998 book Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman, about the late 18th-century English aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.
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.
The Sylph is a 1778 novel by Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.It was her second printed work and was published anonymously under the name 'A Young Lady'. The Sylph is an epistolary novel.
The Duchess (2008) – French-Italian-British-American historical drama film about the late 18th-century English aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire [56] The Easy Way (French: Sans arme, ni haine, ni violence ) (2008) – French heist drama film about the real life thief Albert Spaggiari , who organized a break-in into a ...
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; Louisa Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1832–1911), wife of the eighth duke; Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1870–1960), wife of the ninth duke
Adam Worth (c. 1844 – 8 January 1902) was a crime boss and fraudster. His career in crime, stretching from the United States to Europe and southern Africa, included the infamous theft of Gainsborough's celebrated Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, which he retained for 25 years.
Why the Houses of Parliament voted to abolish the slave trade in 1807 (1993) and a DPhil with her thesis The political life of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757–1806 (1998) which was then turned into her first biography. She received her doctorate from Oxford University in 18th Century British History.
Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire Lady Mary Gascoyne-Cecil Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Alice Cavendish CVO (24 April 1926 – 15 September 2018) was a British noblewoman who was a childhood friend of Queen Elizabeth II and a lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret from the late 1940s until the latter's death in 2002.