Elizabeth Montagu, Duchess of Manchester

Elizabeth Montagu, Duchess of Manchester (c.1740 – 26 June 1832), formerly Elizabeth Dashwood, was the wife of George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester.

She was born at Kirtlington in Oxfordshire, a daughter of Sir James Dashwood, 2nd Baronet, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Spencer (whose sister Anne was Duchess of Hamilton).[1] One of Elizabeth Dashwood's sisters, Anne, became Countess of Galloway.

She married Manchester on 22 or 23 October 1762, at St George's, Hanover Square, London,[2] in the same year he inherited the dukedom. Their children were:

Sir Joshua Reynolds painted the duchess, along with her son George, Viscount Mandeville, in about 1766.[4] The duchess was herself an amateur artist, whose pocket book is held by the Royal Academy of Arts in London.[5]

The duke died in 1788, following which his widow received an annual pension of £3000, as officialcompensation for the loss of his income as Collector of Customs.[6]

The dowager duchess died at her home in Berkeley Square, London, in 1832, in her 92nd year,[7] and was buried at Kimbolton.[6]

References
  1. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VI, page 270.
  2. George Naylor, The Register's of Thorrington (n.n.: n.n., 1888).
  3. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 2585.
  4. "George Montagu, Viscount Mandeville; Elizabeth Montagu (née Dashwood), Duchess of Manchester". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  5. "Elizabeth Montagu, Duchess of Manchester (1741 - 1832)". Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  6. Cave, Edward (1832). THE GENTLEMEN'S MAGAZINE, AND HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, 1832. VOLUME CII. (BEING THE TWENTY-FIFTH OF A NEW SERIES) PART THE SECOND. pp. 91–.
  7. Edward Hamilton (1884). A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P. R. A., from 1755-1822: With a Description of the Different States of Each Plate, a Biographical Sketch of Each Person, and a List of the Pictures from which the Engravings Were Taken, with Dates of Painting, Names of the Possessors, and Other Particulars. P. and D. Colnaghi.
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