Lady Mary Bruce

Her Grace

The Duchess of Richmond
Her Grace; The Duchess of Richmond
	Portrait by Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1770)
Born	Mary Bruce; 16 April 1740
Died	5 November 1796 (aged 56)
Spouse(s)	Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond (m. 1757)
Father	Charles Bruce, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury
Mother	Lady Caroline Campbell

Mary Lennox, Duchess of Richmond (16 April 1740 – 5 November 1796),^[1] styled Lady Mary Bruce, was an English noblewoman and peeress as the wife of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond.

Biography

Mary was born on 16 April 1740^[1] as the only daughter of Charles Bruce, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury and his third wife, Lady Caroline Campbell.^[2]^{[note 1]}

Marriage

On 1 April 1757, she married Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond.^[3] The wedding was held at the house of Major-General Henry Seymour Conway in Warwick Street, St James, with the consent of the Major-General, one of Mary's guardians, by special licence of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral, given the then vacancy of the See of Canterbury, and performed by Frederick Keppel, then Canon of Windsor and the future Bishop of Exeter.^[4] On 5 November 1796, Mary died at the age of 56.^[1]

Gallery

Engraving by William Wynne Ryland after Angelica Kauffman (1775)
Portrait by Thomas Gainsborough (1786–1787)

Notes

^ Through her mother's second marriage with Lord Frederick Campbell, Mary was a half-sister of their child, Anne Seymour Damer.

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c The Third Register Book of the Parish of St James in the Liberty of Westminster For Births & Baptisms. 1723–1741. 12 May 1740.
^ Gross 2013, p. 2.
^ The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford, Horace Walpole, H.G. Bohn, 1861. Internet Archive
^ The Register of Marriages solemnized in the Parish Church of St James within the Liberty of Westminster & County of Middlesex. 1754-1765. No. 811. 1 April 1757.

Works cited

Gross, Jonathan David (18 November 2013). The Life of Anne Damer: Portrait of a Regency Artist. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739167670.

External links

Portraits of Lady Mary Bruce at the National Portrait Gallery, London

[3] Through her mother's second marriage with Lord Frederick Campbell, Mary was a half-sister of their child, Anne Seymour Damer.

[icftlotaslh-1] The Third Register Book of the Parish of St James in the Liberty of Westminster For Births & Baptisms. 1723–1741. 12 May 1740.

[FOOTNOTEGross20132-2] Gross 2013, p. 2.

[4] The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford, Horace Walpole, H.G. Bohn, 1861. Internet Archive

[5] The Register of Marriages solemnized in the Parish Church of St James within the Liberty of Westminster & County of Middlesex. 1754-1765. No. 811. 1 April 1757.

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