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Cavendish, Elizabeth Christiana, (1758-1824), patron of arts

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Alternative name(s):
  • Elizabeth Christiana Hervey (Maiden Name)
  • Lady Elizabeth Christiana Foster (Formerly known as)
Surname: Cavendish
Forenames: Elizabeth Christiana
Gender: Female
Date: 1758-1824
History: Marriages: 1) 1776-1781 (separated) John Thomas Foster 1747–1796; 2) 1809-1811 William, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748-1811)
Biography: ODNB link for Cavendish, Elizabeth (1759-1824), patron of arts, 2nd wife of 5th Duke of Devonshire
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P129490 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P5179 )
Online related resources Artists' Paper Register link for Elizabeth Cavendish Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Elizabeth Cavendish
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
c1782-1820: personal papers
Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
DF11
NRA 20594 Cavendish
2
misc corresp and papers
Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development
Pitchford
NRA 9005
3
1788-89: journal
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 41579
4
letters to Lady Carlisle
Castle Howard
NRA 24681
5
1777-1824: corresp with Foster family
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
D3618
See Annual Report 1984 p54
6
1798-1824: corresp with Sir Augustus Foster
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division
See Annual Report 1929
7
corresp with Thomas Lawrence
Royal Academy of Arts
LAW
NRA 14837 Royal Academy
8
1789-1816: letters to Lady Melbourne
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 45548, 45911
9
letters to 1st Earl of Sheffield
East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)
AMS5440
NRA 26493
Related record creators
  Record creator Description of relationship Dates Category of relationship
1
Cavendish, William, (1748-1811), 5th Duke of Devonshire
spouse
Family
2
Foster, John Thomas, (d 1796), MP
spouse
Family
3
Hervey, Frederick Augustus, (1730-1803), 4th Earl of Bristol, Bishop of Derry
parent/child
Family