Sujet
The late Duchess of Westminster, 1881. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
The late Duchess of Westminster, 1881. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Bassano. 'The late Duchess of Westminster, who died at...Bournemouth,...was Lady Constance Gertrude Leveson-Gower, fourth daughter of George Granville, second Duke of Sutherland, K.G., by his marriage with Lady Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard, third daughter of George, sixth Earl of Carlisle, and was born on June 16, 1834. She was married in the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, on April 28, 1852, to Hugh Lupus, Earl Grosvenor, who succeeded his father in the Marquisate of Westminster in October, 1869, and was elevated to a Dukedom in 1874. Her Grace has left a family of five sons and three daughters surviving. The eldest son, Victor Alexander, Earl Grosvenor, to whom the Queen stood sponsor in person, was born in April, 1853, and is married to Lady Sibell Mary Lumley, youngest daughter of the Earl of Scarborough. Of the late Duchess's daughters, the eldest is now Marchioness of Ormonde, and the second is married to the Hon. Charles Compton Cavendish, eldest son of Lord Chesham. The late Duchess was sister of the present Duke of Sutherland, the Duchess of Leinster, of Lord Ronald Leveson-Gower, the late Duchess of Argyll, and the late Lady Blantyre'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM25A42_381
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Droits gérés
Format disponible
10,2Mo (943,6Ko) / 15,8cm x 16,2cm / 1864 x 1914 (300dpi)