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. | |