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Henrietta Harley, Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer (née Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles; 11 February 1694 – 9 December 1755) was an English noblewoman, the only child and heiress of John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle and his wife, the former Lady Margaret Cavendish, daughter of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles, only daughter and heiress,, married on the 31st October, 1712, to Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, F.R.S., D.C.L., and founder of the Harleian Library; he died at his house in Dover Street, on the 16 of June, 1741, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
- Female
- February 11, 1694
- Edward Harley MP
- December 9, 1755
Henrietta was the only child of John Holies, Duke of Newcastle of the second creation (1662-1711), and his wife Margaret Cavendish Holies (1661-1716), who was herself the third daughter of Henry Cavendish, second Duke of Newcastle (1630-91). Although Margaret was not her father's eldest child, she was his chosen heiress.
On 31 August 1713 he married Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles (1694–1755), only daughter and heir of the 1st Duke of Newcastle and his wife, the former Lady Margaret Cavendish, daughter of the 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Countess of Oxford and Mortimer. Name variations: Henrietta Holles; Henrietta Harley. Died in 1755; dau. of John Holles (c. 1661–1711), 1st duke of Newcastle; m. Edward Harley (1689–1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, 1713; children: Margaret Cavendish Harley (d. 1785). Henrietta Street in Cavendish Square, London, was named after her.
“Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles Harley were friends all their lives, and also they were distant cousins. They could both claim descent from the formidable Bess of Hardwick and they were brought up on neighbouring estates Mary at Thoresby, and Henrietta at Welbeck.
7 de mar. de 2017 · Lady Henrietta Cavendish-Holles, Countess of Oxford (1694-1755), by Godfrey Kneller. © Christ Church, University of Oxford. Most of the Oxford portraits of women from before the late nineteenth century show the wives, widows, and daughters of eminent men, but many of these women had fascinating lives despite social and educational ...
