Georgiana is a well-known socialite, and a large group of literary and political figures gathered around her. She herself was also an active participant in political campaigns, even though women did not have the right to vote at that time. Both the Spencer family and the Cavendish family support the Whig Party. Georgiana campaigned for the Whig Party, especially her cousin Charles James Fox (Charles James Fox). At that time, the King (George III) and his ministers had a more direct influence than the House of Commons, mainly by gifts. force. In the British House of Commons election in 1784, the Duchess was rumored to have kissed in exchange for votes for Fox, and was ridiculed by Thomas Rowlandson as "Devon, the most effective way to ensure votes." ".
It is famous that when she walked out of her carriage one day, an Irish cleaner said: "Love you, bless you, madam, let me light a pipe in front of you." This compliment is often mentioned when others praise her. , "When the cleaners praised me, everyone else felt boring."
Georgiana married the then Duke of Devonshire on June 6, 1774, the day before her 17th birthday. Richard Brinsley Sheridan satirized Cavendish's marriage in the play "Scandal School." She had multiple miscarriages before giving birth to her two daughters Georgiana (1783–1858) and Harriet (1785–1862) and son William George Spencer Cavendish. Ironically, her son William was very different from his father, never married and left no heirs.
Georgiana gave Cavendish her best friend, Lady Elizabeth Foster, and endured the romantic affairs that followed between them for many years. And she herself had an affair with Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey) and gave birth to a daughter, Eliza Courtney. Mrs. Elizabeth and Cavendish had a son and a daughter. After Georgiana's death, Cavendish married Mrs. Elizabeth.
Georgiana is not only famous for her marriage agreement, beauty, fashion touch, political campaigning, but also her gambling addiction. It is reported that she was deeply in debt at the time of her death, even though her natal Spencer family and husband's Cavendish family were extremely wealthy. She died on March 30, 1806, at the age of 48, believed to have died of a liver abscess, and was buried in All Saints Church in Derby, England.
During Georgiana's years in public view, Thomas Gainsborough (Thomas Gainsborough) and Joshua Reynolds (Joshua Reynolds) painted her. Gainsborough’s famous painting of her wearing a French top hat was stolen for many years. This painting was stolen from an art exhibition in London by Adam Worth, and later returned to Agnew's by the American detective agency Pinkerton detective Allan Pinkerton. Art Gallery). It later appeared in Sotheby's and was purchased by Andrew Cavendish, the 11th Duke of Devonshire, as the collection of Chatsworth House. Georgiana also maintained a "natural relationship" with Queen Marie Antoinette of France, and people noticed that they lived similar lives.
Another well-known woman from the same family as Georgiana is Princess Diana (called Miss Diana Spencer at birth), she is Georgiana's younger brother and a descendant of George Spencer, the second earl of Spencer .
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