Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll
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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 the 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 third daughter Princess Louise in 1871. She died in 1878.
Preceded by The Duchess of Wellington |
Mistress of the Robes 1868–1870 |
Succeeded by The Duchess of Sutherland |