NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674 DNB: Cavendish [née Lucas], Margaret, duchess of Newcastle upon Tyne (1623?–1673), writer LBT ID: DsNewca1b VIAF ID: 29597878 LOC ID: n83206596 | B/BAP: 1623 DIED: 1673-12-15 |
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English poet and essayist; the daughter of Thomas Lucas (d. 1625), in 1645 she became the
second wife of William Cavendish, marquess of Newcastle upon Tyne. | |