Wilhelmina Powlett, Duchess of Cleveland

The Duchess of Cleveland
The Duchess of Cleveland in an 1883 portrait by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Durham
Born
Lady Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope

1 June 1819
Mayfair, England
Died18 May 1901(1901-05-18) (aged 81)
Other namesLady Dalmeny
Lady Harry Vane
Occupation(s)Historian, genealogist
Spouses
(m. 1843; died 1851)
(m. 1854; died 1891)
ChildrenArchibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Parent(s)Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope
Hon. Catherine Lucy Smith
Lady Wilhelmina Stanhope, 1838 engraving after Alfred Edward Chalon (1780-1860). National Portrait Gallery, London

Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Powlett, Duchess of Cleveland (née Stanhope; 1 June 1819 – 18 May 1901), also known as Lady Dalmeny and Lady Harry Vane, was an English courtier, historian and genealogist, best known for her 1889 work The Battle Abbey Roll with some Account of the Norman Lineages.

By her first marriage to Lord Dalmeny, she was the mother of Prime Minister Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery.[1]

  1. ^ "Obituary: The Duchess of Cleveland". The Times. 20 May 1901. p. 11.