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11 de mai. de 2024 · They were all men — formal clubs were men only — but some Society ladies were equally entranced by butterflies and moths, including Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland, one of the original Bluestockings. A pretty moth, the Portland, is still named after her. When you talk about butterflies, you need identifying names.
As a widow, Mary Delany spent even more of her time at Bulstrode, the home of her close friend, Margaret Bentinck, Dowager Duchess of Portland. The two shared an interest in botany, often going out to look for specific specimens.
Há 3 dias · In 1728 the Duke's widow, Elizabeth, Duchess of Portland, obtained a private Act of Parliament allowing her and others as guardians of Lord George to grant reversionary leases for a maximum term of seventy years.
Há 1 dia · George III. George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with George as its king. He was concurrently Duke and Prince-elector ...
16 de mai. de 2024 · The late Queen, Princess Margaret, the Duchess of Kent and Princess Alexandra were all photographed with their newborns. The picture was taken as a gift for the doctor who delivered the...
2 de mai. de 2024 · Den 3. duke, William Cavendish-Bentinck (1738–1809), var britisk statsminister i årene 1783 og 1807–1809. Tittelen døde ut i 1990 med den 9. duke. En yngre sønn av den 1. earl of Portland var Wilhelm von Bentinck (1704–1774), som ble riksgreve av Bentinck i 1732. Fra hans sønner stammer to tyske grener og en engelsk gren.
23 de mai. de 2024 · Why does the new Kate Middleton portrait look nothing like her? The new Hannah Uzor painting commissioned by ‘Tatler’ may aim to capture Princess Catherine’s ‘soul’ rather than her likeness.
