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Isabella Montagu, Duchess of Manchester (c. 1706 – 20 December 1786), formerly Lady Isabella Montagu, was the wife of William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester. She was the daughter of John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu , and his wife, the former Lady Mary Churchill .
A lady of quality and distinction. Isabella was one of Thomas Coram’s twenty-one ‘ladies of quality and distinction’. She was fifth to sign his petition calling for the establishment of a foundling hospital, on 6 January 1730. The ladies’ petition went to George II in 1735.
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At every point in this sacred story, which has such crucial importance particularly for Christian, Jewish and Muslim people, there are life‐changing consequences and opportunities for transformation.1From the shores of the River Nile to the parting of the Red Sea, the story of Moses’ leadership is a story about God’s liberating power, even in utter...
Isabella, Duchess of Manchester (c.1706–1786), like Pharaoh’s daughter in Orazio Gentileschi’s The Finding of Moses, painted one hundred years earlier, was a woman of rank within a patriarchal society. In Georgian England, she used her powerful influence to protect children at risk. Isabella showed faith in herself, and in her ability to drive and ...
Haniya, a participant in the Foundling Museum’s Tracing our Tales training programme for care experienced young people, reflects on Andrea Soldi’s Isabella, Duchess of Manchesterand what it means to her. She explores Isabella’s life and how she represents the Foundling Museum’s ongoing story of care. Dressed as Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt, chi...
Biography. Wife of William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester, and secondly Edward Hussey-Montagu, 1st and last Earl of Beaulieu.
Isabella Montagu, Duchess of Manchester, formerly Lady Isabella Montagu, was the wife of William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester.
Isabella, Duchess of Manchester, was one of Thomas Coram’s key female supporters who provided the catalyst for the establishment of the Foundling Hospital. In the face of male indifference and risking society’s disapproval, these women put their names to the first petition submitted to George II in 1735, that called for the establishment of ...
4 giu 2019 · This portrait shows Isabella Montagu, Duchess of Manchester, dressed as Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt, childbirth and women. The painting is by Andrea Soldi, an Italian artist who came to London around 1736 and established a successful career as a society portrait painter.
