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Left by Georgina, Lady Buchanan to W. A. B**, thence by family descent to the present owner, formerly at Lennoxlove Castle, Scotland

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Caroline-Mathilde (1751-1775), daughter of Frederick-Lewis, Prince of Wales and sister of King George III, was married to King Christian VII of Denmark in 1766. Her liaison with Johann-Friedrich Struensee, the Premier Minister and important reformer, ended with the divorce of the royal couple in 1772. Struensee was executed and Caroline-Mathilde banished and emprisoned in Celle where she died at age 24.

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