Elizabeth Christiana Cavendish, duchess of Devonshire [née Hervey]

(1757-1824)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824 NRA: Cavendish Elizabeth (1759-1824) nee Hervey Patron of Arts 2nd wife of 5th Duke of Devonshire DNB: Cavendish [née Hervey; other married name Foster], Elizabeth Christiana, duchess of Devonshire (1757-1824), society hostess and patron of the arts LBT ID: DsDevon5b VIAF ID: 89692030 LOC ID: n81026722	B/BAP: 1757-11 DIED: 1824-03-30
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Daughter of Frederick Augustus Hervey, earl of Bristol; after a brief marriage to Thomas Foster she became the mistress (1782) and later spouse (1809) of William Cavendish, fifth duke of Devonshire.
CORRESPONDENCE OF Elizabeth Christiana Cavendish, duchess of Devonshire [née Hervey]: Duchess of Devonshire? to Lady Melbourne, 20 February 1802 in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921) Elizabeth, Duchesss of Devonshire to Francis Hodgson, 27 October 1821 in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Duchess of Devonshire to Lady Morgan, 22 March 1823 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Duchess of Devonshire to Lady Morgan, 31 May 1823 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)