Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

The Duchess of Devonshire
Bess in 1787, painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Born(1758-05-13)13 May 1758
Horringer, Suffolk, England
Died30 March 1824(1824-03-30) (aged 65)
Title
  • Lady Elizabeth Foster
  • Duchess of Devonshire
Spouses
(m. 1776; sep. 1781)
(m. 1809; died 1811)
Children
Parents

Elizabeth Christiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Hervey; 13 May 1758 – 30 March 1824) was an English aristocrat and letter writer. She is best known as Lady Elizabeth Foster, the close friend of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. Elizabeth supplanted the Duchess, gaining the affections of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire and later marrying him.[1] Several of her letters are preserved.

  1. ^ Amanda Foreman, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (1998)