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1794 Anne, Marchioness Townshend by circle of George Romney (auctioned by...

From the Bonhams Web site; size adjusted to 60 cm high at 28.35 pixels/cm.

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Elizabeth Beauclerk by William Beechey (private collection)

From bridgemanimages.com; image exposure mildly reduced and contrast increased.

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1777 Lady Henrietta Antonia Herbert (1758–1830), Countess of Powis by Sir...

Her article in thepeerage is here.

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SUBALBUM: Jane, Countess of Harrington

This is her article in thepeerage: "Jane Fleming F, #9523, d. 3 February 1824Jane Fleming married General Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington, son of William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington and...

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1785 Charlotte Jane Windsor b. 1746, Viscountess Mountstuart, Baroness...

Her article in thepeerage is here. The artist could be Allan Ramsay.From bbc.co; enlarged by half.

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Charlotte Jane Windsor (1746–1800), First Wife of the 1st Marquess of Bute...

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1786 (1918 duplicate) Anne Templer (d.1832), Lady De la Pole after George...

There is a brief discussion of Lady Anne's family in her husband's Wikipedia article. Her article in thepeerage is here.From bbc.co.

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ca. 1794 Anne Templer (d.1832), Lady De la Pole by ? (Antony House -...

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Anne de la Pole nee Templer by ? (location unknown to gogm)

From templerfamily.co.uk/html/photo_gallery_6.

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1780-1781 Frances Woodley by George Romney (Kingston Lacy - Wimborne Minster,...

Her article in thepeerage is here.From bbc.co; image enlarged by half.

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1778 Mary Wadsworth, Duchess of Kent by Sir Joshua Reynolds (location unknown...

I have no idea who she is. According to Wikipedia, the title of Duke of Kent was inactive and it would stay so until Queen Victoria's father, Edward, became Duke. His predecessor, Henry Grey died in...

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1786-1787 Mrs. Drummond Smith, née Cunliffe by Sir Joshua Reynolds (Castle...

Her article in the peerage is here; she was the second Mrs. Smith.From shakespeares-sonnets.com/Archive/Reynolds1.

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SUBALBUM: Elizabeth Webster, Lady Holland

Her Wikipedia article begins, "Elizabeth Vassall Fox, Baroness Holland (1771–1845) was an English political hostess and the wife of Whig politician Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland. With her...

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1777 (estimate based on age of son) Sir John Trevelyan, 4th Bt., with wife...

John Trevelyan, 4th Baronet's, Wikipedia article is here and his article in the peerage is here. Louisa's article in thepeerage is here. John's article in thepeerage does not list all of his children,...

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SUBALBUM: Mary Isabella, Duchess of Rutland

Her article in thepeerage is here.Mary Isabella, Duchess of Rutland, after Sir Joshua Reynolds (auctioned by Bonhams)Mary Isabella, née Somerset, Duchess of Rutland by Daniel Gardner (auctioned by...

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ca. 1775 Lady Chad, née Sarah Rowles, by Thomas Gainsborough (Birmingham...

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Charlotte Stuart attributed to François Dumont (auctioned by Sotheby's)

She was the illegitimate daughter of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Her Wikipedia article is here. "...Her mother was Clementina Walkinshaw, who was mistress to the Prince from 1752 until 1760. After years of...

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ca. 1785-1786 Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany, 1753 - 1789. Daughter of...

From museum nationalgalleries.org/object/PG 623.

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Lady Anne Thistlethwaite, Countess of Chesterfield (1759-1798), bust-length,...

From the Christie's Web site; size fixed at 40 cm at 29.35 pixels/cm.

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1782 Mrs Mary Lutwyche, née Thomas by George Romney (private collection)

From Philip Mould Historical Portraits. The article accompanying the image has a good biographical sketch of her.

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