Elizabeth Montagu, Duchess of Manchester (c.1740 – 26 June 1832), formerly Elizabeth Dashwood, was the wife of George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester. Dowager Duchess of Manchester from 1788-1832.
She married the Duke of Manchester on 22 or 23 October 1762, at St George's, Hanover Square, London, in the same year he inherited the dukedom.[2]Their children were:
Lady Ana Maria Montagu, who died in childhood
George Montagu, Viscount Mandeville (1763–1772), who died in childhood and did not inherit his father's title
Diana Disarming Cupid, Elizabeth Dashwood and Her Son George Montagu, Viscount Manderville. by Joshua Reynolds
Sir Joshua Reynolds painted the duchess, along with her son George, Viscount Mandeville, in about 1766.[4]The duchess was herself an amateur artist, whose pocket book is held by the Royal Academy of Arts in London.[5]
The Duchess of Manchester at one time snobbishly refused to speak to the French actor Monsieur Tessier because he earned his living, the Duchess of Devonshire was dismayed at the duchess's snobbery and pointedly danced with him at Almack's ball.[6]
The duke died in 1788, following which his widow received an annual pension of £3000, as official compensation for the loss of his income as Collector of Customs.[7]
The dowager duchess died at her home in Berkeley Square, London, in 1832, in her 92nd year,[8] and was buried at Kimbolton.[7]
References
^G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VI, page 270.
^George Naylor, The Register's of Thorrington (n.n.: n.n., 1888).
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