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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

1757 - 1806

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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Spencer; jor-JAY-nə; 7 June 1757 – 30 March 1806), was an English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, and activist. Born into the Spencer family, married into the Cavendish family, she was the first wife of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and the mother of the 6th Duke of Devonshire.The Duchess was famous for her charisma, political influence, beauty, unusual marital arrangement, love affairs, socializing, and notoriety for her gambling addiction, leading to an immense debt. She was the great-great-great-grandaunt of Diana, Princess of Wales. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire has received more than 5,685,839 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire is the 1,047th most popular writer (down from 889th in 2019), the 795th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 727th in 2019) and the 96th most popular British Writer.

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire is most famous for her role in the 18th century English society. She was a close friend of Queen Charlotte and her husband George III. She was also well known for her many love affairs with other aristocrats.

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Notable Works

Georgiana
Great Britain
1955
The sylph
Fiction
This ranging epistolary novel follows Julia Grenville, a Welsh beauty who knows little of the world until her marriage to the older Lord Stanley. Through Julia’s letters to her sister, readers learn more of Julia’s new life in London—her unfaithful husband, her miscarriage, her disillusionment with the city and its fashions. Other letters reveal that Julia has a longtime admirer, Harry Woodley, from her former life, as well as a mysterious guardian angel: her Sylph. This character guides Julia away from the depravities of her life in London, including her gambling problem. The Sylph is also another sympathetic ear to Julia’s increasing marital dissatisfaction and growing affinity for another man, the Baron Ton-hausen. As Julia nearly falls prey to the overzealous admirations of one of her husband’s associates, her husband is consumed by gambling debts to that same associate. She is shocked to discover the depths of her husband’s ruin and plans to flee to Wales before she too can be claimed in payment. Her disgraced husband takes the ultimate way out and Julia goes home to her father and sister in Wales. Her Sylph is not far behind, however, and soon reveals himself to Julia to be more than she could have ever imagined.
2001
Emma, or, The unfortunate attachment
Fiction
An early British novel, attributed to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, which explores the problems of first impressions and arranged marriages from the perspective of a woman who would suffer the long-term consequences of both.
1787

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Over the past year Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire has had the most page views in the with 442,402 views, followed by Russian (39,084), and Italian (36,718). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chuvash (77.04%), Breton (63.62%), and Basque (56.15%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire ranks 1,047 out of 7,302. Before her are Cai Yan, Thomas Mayne Reid, Chinua Achebe, Michel Tournier, Thomas Malory, and Emil Ludwig. After her are Paul Bourget, Emanuel Schikaneder, Giambattista Marino, Henri Troyat, Tess Gerritsen, and Ján Kollár.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1757, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire ranks 8. Before her are William Blake, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Antonio Canova, Jacques Hébert, Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, and Pierre Augereau. After her are Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Rigas Feraios, George Vancouver, Erik Acharius, Ignaz Pleyel, and Karl Leonhard Reinhold. Among people deceased in 1806, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire ranks 18. Before her are Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, Johann Christoph Adelung, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Nicolas Leblanc, and Thomas-Alexandre Dumas. After her are Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, Michel Adanson, Mungo Park, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, and Pavel Tsitsianov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire ranks 795 out of 8,785. Before her are Robert FitzRoy (1805), Robert Peel (1788), Thomas Malory (1405), Tom Hardy (1977), Leonora Carrington (1917), and Tom Conti (1941). After her are Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), Sawney Bean (1600), Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848), John Ambrose Fleming (1849), Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897), and William Ewart Gladstone (1809).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire ranks 96. Before her are John Fowles (1926), Samuel Richardson (1689), Henry Fielding (1707), Thomas De Quincey (1785), P. D. James (1920), and Thomas Malory (1405). After her are Diana Wynne Jones (1934), Robert Graves (1895), John Berger (1926), Dylan Thomas (1914), E. M. Forster (1879), and John William Polidori (1795).

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