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13 de abr. de 2024 · Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, duchess of Portland (1715 - 1785) RA Collection: People and Organisations Collector of art and natural history specimens; patron of arts and sciences. Profile. Born: 1715 Died: 1785. Gender: Female. Share
19 de set. de 2022 · The 2 nd Duke and Duchess of Portland were thus astronomically wealthy (though as per normal with the English aristocracy, their land holdings had very little to do with the actual place Portland, in Dorset). The Duchess, Margaret Harley, was better known than her husband, as a prominent ‘bluestocking’ (the name for a circle of women ...
In 1786, Horace Walpole attended a vast, thirty eight-day auction that dismantled the collection of the recently deceased Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, duchess of Portland (1715-1785). Over a lifetime of voracious collecting, the duchess had assembled a largely unrivalled collection of natural history specimens alongside art works and antiquities, including the now famous Portland Vase.
Winifred, Duchess of Portland, oil on canvas, John Singer Sargent, 1902. The Duchess of Portland was a passionate animal lover, who kept stables for old horses and ponies, as well as dogs needing homes. [2] In 1891, she became the first (and longest serving) president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds [5] and was vice-president ...
11 de fev. de 2020 · The Duchess of Portland Today is the birthday of the British aristocrat, naturalist, plant lover, and botanist Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland. Her family and friends called her Maria. Maria married when she was 19 years old. Together, she and William Bentinck had five children; one of their sons became prime minister twice. When…
The Duchess of Portland. Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (11 February 1715 – 17 July 1785) was a British aristocrat, styled Lady Margaret Harley before 1734, Duchess of Portland from 1734 to her husband's death in 1761, and Dowager Duchess of Portland from 1761 until her own death in 1785.
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (11 February 1715 – 17 July 1785) was the richest woman in Great Britain of her time, styled Lady Margaret Harley before 1734, Duchess of Portland from 1734 to her husband's death in 1761, and Dowager Duchess of Portland from 1761 until her own death in 1785.
