Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry

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Catherine Douglas
Duchess of Queensbury
Portrait of Catherine Douglas
BornHon. Catherine Hyde
1701 (1701)
Died17 June 1777(1777-06-17) (aged 75–76)
SpouseCharles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry
IssueHenry Douglas, Earl of Drumlanrig
Charles Douglas, Earl of Drumlanrig
FatherHenry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon
MotherJane Leveson-Gower

Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry (née Hyde; 1701 – 17 July 1777), afterwards Duchess of Queensberry, was an English socialite in London and a patron of the dramatist John Gay.

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