The Lady and the Duke [SEP] director
The Lady and the Duke
The Lady and the Duke () is a 2001 feature film by French director Éric Rohmer. The film was inspired by "Ma vie sous la révolution", the colourful memoirs of Grace Elliott, an Edinburgh-born royalist caught up in the political intrigue following the French Revolution.
According to a description of the film in "The Guardian", Rohmer's "customary verbal sparring and complex intellectual arguments are spiced by lavish sets, suspenseful plotting and the continuous threat of violence."
Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower (born Feb 1771; christened 12 Feb 1771 St Martin in the Fields, Westminster12 August 1854). She married Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort and was mother of Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort and Lord Granville Somerset.
- Lady Susanna Leveson-Gower (born Sep 1772; christened 15 Sep 1772 Trentham26 May 1838). She married Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby.
- Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville (born 12 October 1773, christened 5