Lady Dorothy Cavendish (1750-1794)
daughter of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
and Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle, Baroness Clifford
Born 27 August 1750
Died 3 June 1794 London
Married 8 November 1766 London
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
Born 14 April 1738
Died 30 October 1809 Bulstrode Park
Buried St.Marylebone
To describe her, lines of Shakespeare have been borrowed: "Disdain and
scorn ride sparkling in her eye misprizing what they look on", and "her
wit values itself so highly".
On 8 November 1766 at Burlington House, Piccadilly, she married the
Duke of Portland when she was only sixteen years old. They became the parents
of five children before she died of mortification of the bowels on 3 June
1794 and was buried at St.Marylebone.
Source: Leo van de Pas |
