Cassandra Willoughby, Duchess of Chandos

Wollaton Hall, family seat in Nottingham of Duchess Cassandra's family, the Willoughbys

Cassandra Willoughby, Duchess of Chandos (23 April[1] 1670 – 16 July 1735) was an English historian, travel writer and artist. She spent more than a quarter-century overseeing the restoration of the gardens and rebuilding of the family mansion at Wollaton Hall, now in Nottingham, inherited by her father, Francis Willoughby.

  1. ^ Johnson, p. 9