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Jane Gordon, Duchess of Gordon ( née Maxwell; 1748 or 1749 – 14 April 1812) was a Scottish Tory political hostess. Together with her husband Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon, and son George, Marquess of Huntly (the future 5th Duke of Gordon ), she founded the Gordon Highlanders, a British Army infantry regiment which existed until 1994. [1]
8 de may. de 2013 · Jane Gordon, Duchess of Gordon (c1748-1812) by Rachel Knowles. Jane, Duchess of Gordon. from NW Wraxall's Posthumous memoirs (1836) Family background. Jane Maxwell was born in Edinburgh in about 1748 (1), the daughter of Sir William Maxwell, 3rd Baronet of Monreith (2), and his wife Magdalene.
Hace 5 días · Updated before 2020. artist: Angelica Kauffmann (1741 - 1807) Swiss. title: Jane Maxwell, Duchess of Gordon, about 1749 - 1812. Wife of the 4th Duke of Gordon. date created: About 1772. materials: Oil on canvas. measurements: 91.40 x 70.70 cm; Framed: 109.50 x 89.20 x 6.00 cm. object type: Painting. credit line:
A political hostess and agricultural reformer, married Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon in 1767. She was a supporter of Pitt and a close friend of Henry Dundas, Lord Melville, such that some bellieved they were lovers. Dundas is said to have managed her affairs for her in London while she did the same for him in Scotland.
16 de dic. de 2017 · Publish with us. Policies and ethics. This chapter offers a chronological analysis of the visual culture of domesticity surrounding Jane, Duchess of Gordon (1748–1812). While visual representations of the eighteenth-century marriage union have been extensively considered by art historians, the...
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Jane Gordon (née Maxwell), Duchess of Gordon; Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon by Cameron & Smith, after George Romney photographic print, 1891, based on a work of 1778
17 de ago. de 2020 · Jane lost a finger in an accident whilst doing this. Edinburgh was the centre of the Scottish Enlightenment, and when she was thirteen Lord Kames, a Scottish judge and firm believer in the education of women, took Jane under his wing, allowing her to visit him to improve her reading, as well as other intellectual skills.
