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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.
Perhaps the most famous item which formed part of her collection was the so-called 'Portland Vase', now held by the British Museum. An engraving of a bust of the Duchess of Portland, by George Vertue, after John Michael Rysbrack, is available on the National Portrait Gallery website.
Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland. (b. Feb. 11, 1715, London, England – d. July 17, 1785, Bulstrode Park, Buckinghamshire ) Gender: F. Margaret Cavendish Harley (1715-1785), was the only surviving child of Edward Harley, the 2nd and his wife, Lady Henrietta Holles (1694-1755), who was herself the only child and heir of the 1st ...
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.
24 de abr. de 2024 · "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.
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 ...
Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (née Harley), Duchess of Portland. 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 Britain at the time.
