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She was the second daughter of the Earl of Arran, Arthur Gore, and Elizabeth Underwood. She married George Buggin in 1815 and he died in 1825. She married Prince Augustus Frederick, son of King George III, in 1831. However, their marriage was considered null because of the Royal Marriages Act 1772 in which the royal family is required to obtain approval from the sovereign before marriage. She was styled the Duchess of Inverness after her husband's death. She was great-aunt to Lady Anna Napier, leading the Napier family to introduce William Henry Seward to her during his travels in 1859. Seward thought highly of her and wrote of her as a "good woman." 

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Biography: 
She was the second daughter of the Earl of Arran, Arthur Gore, and Elizabeth Underwood. She married George Buggin in 1815 and he died in 1825. She married Prince Augustus Frederick, son of King George III, in 1831. However, their marriage was considered null because of the Royal Marriages Act 1772 in which the royal family is required to obtain approval from the sovereign before marriage. She was styled the Duchess of Inverness after her husband's death. She was great-aunt to Lady Anna Napier, leading the Napier family to introduce William Henry Seward to her during his travels in 1859. Seward thought highly of her and wrote of her as a "good woman."
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Wide Awake, Vol 29
Publisher Name: 
D. Lothrop & Company
Year: 
1889
Start Page: 
223
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=rphFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA225&lpg=PA225&dq=cecilia+underwood+lord+napier&source=bl&ots=0PoE4IzQ42&sig=ACfU3U1SX4T4Ag_kNDBqSgk-g8f0pNQxwg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiVx7Ks8tLiAhVBmuAKHSPFChQQ6AEwC3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=cecilia%20underwood%20lord%20napier&f=false and 18590604WHS_FAS1
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https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=cov29&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&qh=86PEjQCMhIyP5PitT92GOQ%3D%3D&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=Cecilia&gsfn_x=1&gsln=Underwood&gsln_x=1&msbdy_x=1&msbdy=1789&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=0&uidh=if4&
Title of Webpage: 
England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
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Citation Notes: 
Source Information FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Office for National Statistics. You must not copy on, transfer or reproduce records without the prior permission of ONS. Database Copyright © 1998-2003 Graham Hart, Ben Laurie, Camilla von Massenbach and David Mayall.
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Newspaper Article
Journal or Newspaper Title: 
New York Times
Article Title: 
Death of the Duchess of Inverness
Month: 
August
Day: 
3
Year: 
1873
Citation Notes: 
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1873/08/03/79041745.pdf