Ivy Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland
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Ivy Gordon-Lennox by Philip de László, 1915
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Ivy Gordon-Lennox 16 June 1887 London, England, UK |
| Died | 3 March 1982 (aged 94) Welbeck Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, England, UK |
| Title | Duchess of Portland |
| Spouse(s) | William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland |
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Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck Lady Victoria Parente |
| Parent(s) | Lord Algernon Gordon-Lennox Blanche Maynard |
Ivy Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland DBE (née Gordon-Lennox; 16 June 1887 – 3 March 1982) was Duchess of Portland from 1943 – 1977 and afterwards Dowager Duchess. She initiated the Harley Foundation, "to encourage creativity".
Ivy Gordon-Lennox was born in London on 16 June 1887, the daughter of Colonel the Hon. Lord Algernon Charles Gordon-Lennox (b. 19 September 1847, London – d. 3 October 1921) and his wife, Blanche Maynard (b. 14 February 1864, London – d. 17 August 1945), who married at Easton on 31 August 1886. Ivy was their only child.
Ivy Gordon-Lennox's parents had a country house, Broughton Castle, near Banbury, which was rented from the 18th Lord Saye and Sele, and a house in London at 7 Chesterfield Street, Mayfair. Lord Algernon was the second of the four sons of the 6th Duke of Richmond (1818–1903), and his obituary in The Times called him "a notable social figure, whose popularity it would be difficult to over-estimate". He served in the Royal Navy, the Life Guards, and the Grenadier Guards, and was twelve years aide-de-camp to HRH The Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-chief of the British Army.
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