Wilhelmina Powlett, Duchess of Cleveland
The Duchess of Cleveland | |
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The Duchess of Cleveland in an 1883 portrait by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Durham | |
| Other names | Lady Dalmeny Lady Harry Vane |
| Born | Lady Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope 1 June 1819 Mayfair, England |
| Died | 18 May 1901 (aged 81) Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany |
| Spouses | |
| Issue | Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery |
| Father | Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope |
| Mother | Hon. Catherine Lucy Smith |
| Occupation | Historian, genealogist |
Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Powlett, Duchess of Cleveland (née Stanhope; 1 June 1819 – 18 May 1901), also known as Lady Dalmeny and Lady Harry Vane, was an English courtier, historian and genealogist, best known for her 1889 work The Battle Abbey Roll with some Account of the Norman Lineages.
By her first marriage to Lord Dalmeny, she was the mother of Prime Minister Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery.