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Mary Delany. Back in England in her second widowhood, MD was a frequent visitor to her lifelong, very close friend the Duchess of Portland. The duchess, an amateur scientist of unusual talent and achievement, brought MD. Friends, Associates. Margaret Bingham, Countess Lucan.
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
Portland Family biographies [Hans] William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (1649-1709) [William] Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland (1682-1726) William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland (1709-1762) Margaret Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (1715-1785) John Albert Bentinck (1737-1775; naval captain and M.P.)
Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (née Harley), Duchess of Portland. (1715-1785), Collector of art and natural history specimens and patron of arts and sciences. Sitter in 4 portraits. As the only surviving child of Edward Harley, the Duchess of Portland inherited a considerable fortune which she spent on the biggest collection of natural history in ...
On 11 July 1734, she married William Bentinck, Duke of Portland, and they had six children. Her husband died in 1761 and she was known as the Dowager Duchess of Portland until her death in 1785. She was a great collector of plants, animals and natural history specimens, as well as works of art.
Há 2 dias · <p>"Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, the 2nd Duchess of Portland (1715-1785), was one of the wealthiest women in eighteenth-century Britain. She collected fine and decorative arts (the Portland Vase was her most famous acquisition), but her great love was natural history, and shells in particular. Over the course of twenty years, she amassed the largest shell collection of her time, which was sold ...
Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (1715-1785), (daughter of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (1689-1741) and his wife Lady Henrietta (née Cavendish Holles, 1694-1755) married William, 2nd Duke of Portland (1709-1762) in 1734.
