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Juliana Osborne, Duchess of Leeds

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Juliana Hele (c. 1706 - 1794) was the daughter and heiress of Roger Hele of Newton Ferrers in Devonshire.[1]

On 9 April 1725 she married Peregrine Osborne, 3rd Duke of Leeds at St Anne's Church, Soho.[2]

After the Duke's early death she married Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore on 7 October 1732.[3] Their children together were:

  1. Caroline Colyear (c.1733 - 7 Feb 1812) married Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale
  2. Juliana Colyear (c. 1735 - 29 Apr 1821) married Henry Dawkins in 1759
  3. William Charles Colyear, 3rd Earl of Portmore (c.1745 - 15 Nov1823)

She was one of the signatories to Thomas Coram's petition to establish the Foundling Hospital, which she signed on 24 June 1730.[4]

She died on 20 November 1794 at the age of 88 at Stratford Place, Marylebone.[3]

References


  1. ^ The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Vol II: The Peerage of Scotland, London: Owen, Davis, and Debrett, 1790, p.155.
  2. ^ L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), p. 174.
  3. ^ a b G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VII, p. 513.
  4. ^ Gillian., Wagner, (2004). Thomas Coram, Gent., 1668-1751. Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press. ISBN 1843830574. OCLC 53361054.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)