Sophie Dawes, baroness de Feuchères

(1792-1840)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Feuchères, Sophie Dawes, baronne de, 1790?-1840 NRA: Dawe George (1781-1829) Portrait Painter and Engraver DNB: Dawes [married name de Feuchères], Sophie, Baroness de Feuchèress in the French nobility (1792–1840), adventuress and courtesan LBT ID: SoDawe1840 VIAF ID: 68510290 LOC ID: no95004876	B/BAP: 1792 DIED: 1840-12-15
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Having been raised in an English workhouse she became a wealthy French courtesan, her principal patron being Louis Henry II, Prince of Condé.
REFERENCES TO Sophie Dawes, baroness de Feuchères: Charles Macfarlane, Reminiscences of a Literary Life (London: John Murray, 1917) BARONNE DE FEUCHÈRES Found 3: ¶ 11 ¶ 14 ¶ 15