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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Lady-georgiana-cavendish-by-thomas-gainsborough.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Duchess of Devonshire, by Thomas Gainsborough]]<br /> <br /> Historical figure.<br /> <br /> Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (7 June 1757 - 30 March 1806) was the first wife of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and mother of the 6th Duke of Devonshire. She became notorious for her marital arrangements, her catastrophic love affairs, and her love of gambling; she was famous for her beauty and her political campaigning; and she was a leader of fashionable style.<br /> <br /> <br /> == In the Sherlock Holmes stories ==<br /> <br /> * Watson described [[Mary Sutherland]] as a large woman with a heavy fur boa round her neck, and a large curling red feather in a broad-brimmed hat which was tilted in a coquettish &#039;&#039;Duchess-of-Devonshire&#039;&#039; fashion over her ear ([[IDEN]] {{refcanon|IDEN|35}}).<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ----<br /> [[Category:Characters (all stories)|Duchess]]<br /> [[Category:Characters (Sherlock Holmes stories)|Duchess]]</div>

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