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Cassandra Willoughby, Duchess of Chandos (23 April 1670 – 16 July 1735) was an English historian, travel writer and artist. She spent more than a quarter-century overseeing the restoration of the gardens and rebuilding of the family mansion at Wollaton Hall , now in Nottingham, inherited by her father, Francis Willoughby .
cassandra willoughby brydges, first Duchess of Chandos (1670–1735), was an unusual woman. She was married to one of the great patrons and art collectors of the eighteenth century, James Brydges, first Duke of Chandos, and she was herself an artist.
She became a Countess in 1714, when her husband was raised to the peerage as Earl of Carnarvon, and a Duchess in 1719 when he was created Duke of Chandos. She died on 17 July 1735 and was buried in the Chandos tomb at Whitchurch, Middlesex.
circa 1670. Death: July 16, 1735 (60-69) (apoplexy) Place of Burial: Whitchurch, Middlesex, England. Immediate Family: Daughter of Francis Willoughby, FRS and Emma Child. Wife of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos. Sister of Sir Francis Willoughby 1st Bt of Wollaton and Thomas Willoughby, 1st Baron Middleton.
Cassandra Brydges, Duchess of Chandos (née Willoughby) was a highly literate aristocrat who has left behind a quantity of writings — journals, notebooks, and other material — none of it published in her own time. Her principal literary activity was devoted to researching the history of the Willoughby family, of Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire.
Cassandra Brydges (1670-1735), Duchess of Chandos, was the daughter Willoughby of Wollaton, Notts, and Middleton, Warws, and sister of.
31 de ago. de 2018 · Cassandra died unexpectedly following an apoplectic fit on 14 July 1735 and was buried at St. Lawrence, Whitchurch near the ducal seat of Canons. Cassandra Willoughby's journal (1695-1718) (DR18/20/21/1) [i] SCLA,DR18/20/21/1. [ii] Willoughby, Cassandra, Journal [fol.8r -9r] 1697.
