Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll

Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower CI VA (30 May 1824 – 25 May 1878) was the eldest daughter of the 2nd Duke of Sutherland by his wife Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard. She was married on 31 July 1844 to George Douglas Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, the eldest son of the 7th Duke of Argyll. He succeeded his father as 8th Duke of Argyll in 1847, whereupon Elizabeth became Duchess of Argyll. She served as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria during the Liberal government of 1868. Her son Lord Lorne married the Queen's fourth daughter Princess Louise in 1871. She died in 1878.

Court offices
Preceded by
The Duchess of Wellington
Mistress of the Robes
1868–1870
Succeeded by
The Duchess of Sutherland


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