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Georgiana Carolina Dashwood, Lady Hastings

1796 – 1835

English socialite

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About Georgiana Carolina Dashwood, Lady Hastings

Lived 1796 – 1835 (aged 39).

Georgiana Carolina, Lady Astley (née Dashwood; 16 March 1796 – 28 June 1835) was an English socialite.

Georgiana was the daughter of MP Sir Henry Dashwood, and his wife, Helen Graham. She was baptised at the fashionable St George's, Hanover Square, in Mayfair.

She married Sir Jacob Astley, Bt in 1819 and had two sons. On 24 June 1829, she eloped with Captain Thomas Garth of the 15th Hussars, the son of General Thomas Garth, a chief equerry to King George III. Her husband filed a divorce suit against her for adultery. In court, she accused her husband of having "improper familiarities and adultery with abandoned women". It was later proved by the court and Lady Astley was dismissed from the suit.

However, the couple did not reconcile and Lady Astley went to live with Captain Garth. In October 1830, Garth was committed for debt to the King's Bench Prison, Southwark and Lady Astley lived there with him. In 1835, she gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, Georgiana. Soon after the confinement, she caught scarlet fever and died at the age of 39.

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Who was Georgiana Carolina Dashwood, Lady Hastings?

English socialite (1796-1835)

When was Georgiana Carolina Dashwood, Lady Hastings born?

Georgiana Carolina Dashwood, Lady Hastings was born on 16 March 1796.

When did Georgiana Carolina Dashwood, Lady Hastings die?

Georgiana Carolina Dashwood, Lady Hastings died on 28 June 1835.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Georgiana Carolina Dashwood, Lady Hastings

· Wikidata: Q51751992

· DBpedia: Georgiana Astley

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