- Lady William Cavendish-Bentinck
Lady William Cavendish-Bentinck (
1788 -19 March ,1875 , born Anne Wellesley) was a daughter ofRichard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley and his mistress Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland, an actress at thePalais Royal for many years. Her parents were married on29 March ,1794 , six years after her birth. She was legitimized at this point.Family
Her paternal grandparents were
Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington and Anne Hill. Anne was a daughter ofArthur Hill, 1st Viscount Dungannon .Her paternal uncles included
William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington ,Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington andHenry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley .Marriages and children
On
3 July ,1806 , Anne married her first husbandSir William Abdy, 7th Baronet . Their marriage lasted nine years but remained childless.Abdy had introduced her to his friend
Lord William Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck , a younger son ofWilliam Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland , formerPrime Minister of the United Kingdom and Lady Dorothy Cavendish. His maternal grandparents wereWilliam Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire and his wife Charlotte Boyle.Anne and Lord William became lovers at some point during her first marriage. They eloped on
5 September ,1815 . She was granted a divorce on25 June ,1816 . Anne and Lord William were married on23 July ,1816 . They had four children:*Anne Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck (
1816-09-01 –d.7 June ,1888 ).
*Emily Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck (d.6 June ,1850 ). Married Henry Hopwood.
*ReverendCharles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (1817-11-08 -1865-08-17 )
*Lt.-Gen. Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck (10 May ,1819 -11 December ,1877 ). He married first Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins-Whitshed. They were parents ofWilliam Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland . He married secondly Augusta Browne, 1st Baroness Bolsover.The third child was father to Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck, grandfather to
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and great-grandfather toElizabeth II of the United Kingdom .External links
* [http://worldroots.com/brigitte/royal/bio/annewellesleybio.html Her profile at Worldroots.com]
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