page_title: Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland
hierarchical_section_title: Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland
caption_attribution_description: English: "Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland", Also know as Margaret Harley, Oil on canvas portrait, painted by Christian Friedrich Zincke, 1738. Français&#160;: «&#160;Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, duchesse de Portland&#160;», Aussi connue sous le nom de Margaret Harley, Huile sur canevas, portrait par Christian Friedrich Zincke, 1738.
context_page_description: Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland was a British aristocrat, styled Lady Margaret Harley before 1734, Duchess of Portland from 1734 to her husband's death in 1761, and Dowager Duchess of Portland from 1761 until her own death in 1785.
  The duchess was the richest woman in Great Britain of her time and had the largest natural history collection in the country, complete with its own curator, the parson-naturalist John Lightfoot, and the Swedish botanist Daniel Solander. Her collection included costly art objects including the Portland Vase. Her ambition for her collection was for it to contain and to describe every living species.
  She was a member of the Bluestockings, a group of social intellectuals led by women. She was also fourth great grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II through her mother's side.
context_section_description: Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (11 February 1715 – 17 July 1785) was a British aristocrat, styled Lady Margaret Harley before 1734, Duchess of Portland from 1734 to her husband's death in 1761, and Dowager Duchess of Portland from 1761 until her own death in 1785.
  The duchess was the richest woman in Great Britain of her time and had the largest natural history collection in the country, complete with its own curator, the parson-naturalist John Lightfoot, and the Swedish botanist Daniel Solander. Her collection included costly art objects including the Portland Vase. Her ambition for her collection was for it to contain and to describe every living species.
  She was a member of the Bluestockings, a group of social intellectuals led by women. She was also fourth great grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II through her mother's side.
caption: Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland by Christian Friedrich Zincke, 1738
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