Mary Osborne, Duchess of Leeds

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Her Grace
The Duchess of Leeds
Portrait by Joshua Reynolds
, 1760.
Born
Lady Mary Godolphin

1723
Died3 August 1764 (aged 40–41)
Spouse
ChildrenFrancis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds
Parent(s)Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough

Mary Osborne, Duchess of Leeds (1723 – 3 August 1764), born Lady Mary Godolphin, was a daughter of Henrietta Godolphin, née Churchill, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough, and Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, making her granddaughter to the powerful government trio during the reign of Queen Anne of Great Britain: the famous general and politician John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and his wife Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, through her mother; and Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, through her father.

Lady Mary was considered to be the illegitimate child of the famous

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
), who was born on 29 January 1751.

Mary, Duchess of Leeds, died in 1764, aged 41.

References

  1. ^ Debrett, John (1838). Courthope, William (ed.). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (22nd ed.). London: George Woodfall. p. 14. Retrieved 2 February 2024.