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Lady Cecilia Letitia Underwood,
Duchess of Inverness, (1785-1873)
daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran
and Elizabeth Underwood
Born circa 1785
Died 1 August 1873 Kensington Palace
Married 14 May 1815 London, Dover Str.
Sir George Buggin
Born circa 1760
Died 12 April 1825
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Lady Cecilia Letitia Gore was born about 1785 and, on 14 May 1815,
became the second wife of Sir George Buggin. On 12 April 1825 aged sixty-five,
her husband died and, on 2 May 1831 by Royal Licence, she adopted her mother's
maiden name in lieu of Buggin. As she in no way represented her mother,
who left several sons having issue, and as the said mother was herself
a person of no family or fortune, this change from Buggin to Underwood
was doubtless for the sake of the less plebeian sound of the latter surname.
About 1831 she is supposed to have been ecclesiastically though not
legally married to H.R.H. Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex. The Royal
Marriage Act of 1772 made the consent of Parliament necessary to give validity
to this marriage but this was never obtained by the Duke of Sussex. However,
on 10 April 1840 apparently at her husband's
earnest request, she was created Duchess of Inverness. The Duke of
Sussex died aged seventy on 21 April 1843 and the Duchess of Inverness,
surviving him by thirty years, died on 1 August 1873 at Kensington Palace.
Both were buried in Kensal Green cemetery.
Source: Leo van de Pas |
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