No. 135
No. 136 Lady Margaret Harley, Afterwards Duchess of Portland
DIED 1785.
As a girl. Full length. Dressed as a shepherdess. Hat and crook.
Dog and lamb beside her.
She was the only daughter and heir of Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford, by the daughter and heir of William Holles, Duke of Newcastle. Prior immortalised her as his sweet, lovely, noble, charming Peggy. She married William Bentinck, Duke of Portland, by whom she had several children. The eldest daughter became the wife of the first Marquis of Bath.