Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland was born Lady Harriet Howard, daughter of the 6th Earl of Carlisle and his wife Lady Georgiana Cavendish, who was a daughter of the famous Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. On 18 May 1823 Harriet married Earl Gower, eldest son of the 2nd Marquess of Stafford, and a man twenty years her senior.

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  • Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland was born Lady Harriet Howard, daughter of the 6th Earl of Carlisle and his wife Lady Georgiana Cavendish, who was a daughter of the famous Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. On 18 May 1823 Harriet married Earl Gower, eldest son of the 2nd Marquess of Stafford, and a man twenty years her senior. Her father-in-law was created Duke of Sutherland in 1833, and was succeeded by his son later that year, whereupon Harriet became Duchess of Sutherland. She served several times as Mistress of the Robes to her great friend Queen Victoria, a post which was later held by her eldest daughter Elizabeth Georgiana (Duchess of Argyll) and her daughter-in-law Anne (Duchess of Sutherland). The duchess was an active Whig and a close friend and correspondent of W. E. Gladstone. She introduced the Italian revolutionary Garibaldi into London high society and organised a petition from the women of England in support of the abolition of slavery. In 1871, while her son-in-law, the Duke of Argyll, was serving in the Cabinet, his son (Harriet's grandson), Lord Lorne, married one of Victoria's daughters, Princess Louise. Harriet's eldest son became 3rd Duke of Sutherland in 1861, and her younger daughters became wives of the 12th Lord Blantyre, the 4th Duke of Leinster and the 1st Duke of Westminster, respectively. In 1861 the 4th Rogart Company of the 1st Sutherland Volunteer Rifle Corps formed up and bore the title, Duchess Harriet's Company Rogart upon the pouch-belt plate. See Grierson's 'Records of the Scottish Volunteer Force' published 1909
  • Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland VA war eine britische Adlige und Hofdame der Königin Victoria. Sie galt auch als erste Feministin im Vereinigten Königreich.
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  • Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland was born Lady Harriet Howard, daughter of the 6th Earl of Carlisle and his wife Lady Georgiana Cavendish, who was a daughter of the famous Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. On 18 May 1823 Harriet married Earl Gower, eldest son of the 2nd Marquess of Stafford, and a man twenty years her senior.
  • Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland VA war eine britische Adlige und Hofdame der Königin Victoria. Sie galt auch als erste Feministin im Vereinigten Königreich.
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  • Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland
  • Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland
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