pennevant

Updated: May 19, 2025

The first Duke of Richmond of the present line was a son of Charles II. by Louise René de Pennevant de Querouaille, a French lady, better known to us as the Duchess of Portsmouth, to whom Otway dedicated his 'Venice Preserved' in such adulatory terms.

Various - Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 : Volume 17, New Series, January 17, 1852