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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

1757 - 1806

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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Spencer; jor-JAY-nə; 7 June 1757 – 30 March 1806), was an English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, and activist. Born into the Spencer family, married into the Cavendish family, she was the first wife of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and the mother of the 6th Duke of Devonshire. The Duchess was famous for her charisma, political influence, beauty, unusual marital arrangement, love affairs, socializing, and notoriety for her gambling addiction, leading to an immense debt. She was the great-great-great-grandaunt of Diana, Princess of Wales. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire is the 1,224th most popular writer (down from 1,046th in 2019), the 1,113th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 795th in 2019) and the 121st most popular British Writer.

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire is most famous for her role in the 18th century English society. She was a close friend of Queen Charlotte and her husband George III. She was also well known for her many love affairs with other aristocrats.

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Among writers, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire ranks 1,224 out of 7,302. Before her are James Clavell, Blaise Cendrars, Cornelius Gallus, Robert Sheckley, Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, and Hristo Botev. After her are Léo Taxil, Michel Verne, Herrad of Landsberg, Laura Marx, Alexander Griboyedov, and Karim Findi.

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Among people born in 1757, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire ranks 13. Before her are Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Robert Smith, Jacques Hébert, Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Rigas Feraios. After her are George Vancouver, Ignaz Pleyel, Johann Matthäus Bechstein, Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, and Ercole Consalvi. Among people deceased in 1806, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire ranks 20. Before her are Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Utamaro, Nicolas Leblanc, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, and Michel Adanson. After her are Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, Mungo Park, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Pavel Tsitsianov, and Vicente Martín y Soler.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire ranks 1,113 out of 8,785. Before her are Kiefer Sutherland (1966), Harold Bride (1890), Bernard Cribbins (1928), Bruno (null), Keith Emerson (1944), and Eric Burdon (1941). After her are Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852), John Stewart Bell (1928), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), John William Polidori (1795), James Oglethorpe (1696), and Melanie C (1974).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire ranks 121. Before her are Diana Wynne Jones (1934), David Lodge (1935), P. G. Wodehouse (1881), Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), and Diana Mosley (1910). After her are John William Polidori (1795), Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), Michael Jackson (1942), Arthur Hailey (1920), Dylan Thomas (1914), and Lobsang Rampa (1910).

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