Caroline Graham, Duchess of Montrose facts for kids

Caroline Maria Graham (née Montagu), Duchess of Montrose (10 August 1770 – 24 March 1847) was the second wife of James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose. She was a daughter of George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester, by his wife Elizabeth Dashwood.

She married Montrose on 24 July 1790, at Kensington Palace.

He was fifteen years her senior, and had previously been married to Lady Jemima Elizabeth, daughter of John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham; their only child had died in infancy.

The duke and duchess had six children:

• Lady Georgiana Charlotte Graham (died 1835), who married George William Finch, 10th Earl of Winchilsea, and had children
• Lady Emily Graham (died 1900), who married Edward Thomas Foley and had no children
• Lady Caroline Graham (died 1875), who died unmarried
• Lady Lucy Graham (1793–1875), who married Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, and had children
• James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose (1799–1874), who succeeded his father in the dukedom
• Lord Montagu William Graham (1807–1878), who married Hon. Harriet Anne Bateman-Hanbury and had no children

The duke died in 1836. The duchess died, aged 76, at Petersham, Surrey.

Fictional portrayals

In the 2009 film The Young Victoria, the duchess is played by Alice Glover.