Elizabeth Hervey, later Lady Elizabeth Foster (1759 - March 30, 1824), is best known as the close friend of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who supplanted the Duchess in her husband's affections and later married him. Lady Elizabeth was the daughter of Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, and was familiarly known as "Bess". In 1776, she married John Thomas Foster. When her father acceded to the earldom of Bristol until 1779, … Wikipedia
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