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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.
8 de mai. de 2024 · Tonight's episode of A Very British Sex Scandal will focus on Margaret, the Duchess of Argyll - a glittering socialite who found herself at the centre of one of the most notorious divorces in...
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...
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.
Há 1 dia · There are seven private chapels in this parish belonging to the church of England; Oxford chapel, built before 1739 ; Portland chapel, about 1766; Bentinck chapel, in 1772; Titchfield chapel, about 1774; Portman chapel, about 1779; Quebec chapel, about 1788; Margaret-street chapel, first used as a place of worship for the church of ...
