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D'ESTE
(Augusta Emma, 1801-1866, daughter of the Duke of Sussex, later Lady Truro)
AN in the third person to (Sir) William Charles Ross, 1794-1860,
miniature painter, saying that as he wishes "so particularly that the Ribband of the Garter shd be introduced into the D of Cambridge's Picture Mad.me d'Este will ask the Duke to permit it ... but only between the Collar of the Coat & Waistcoat", 1 side small 8vo., no place, c.
The Duke of Sussex, (1773-1843), 6th son of George III, married in Rome in 1793 Lady Augusta Murray (d. 1830), daughter of the 4th Earl of Dunmore. They married again in London, but the Court of Arches declared the marriage illegal. The two children were given the surname d'Este, her brother becoming a colonel in the Army. The Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850) was her father's brother.
Item Date:
1840
Stock No:
18825
£40
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