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GIORGIANA, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE
by Thomas Gainsborough

     Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806), wife of William, 5th Duke of Devonshire was not only the leader of London's high society, but one of the most popular figures that English social life has ever produced. She was a friend of the Prince of Wales and of Charles James Fox, for whose election in 1784 she carried on a campaign.