Second daughter of Sir Henry Watkin Dashwood, of Kirtlington Park, near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, and Mary Helen, daughter of John Graham of Kinross. She married Jacob, 6th Bt., 16th Baron Hastings (1797 – 1859) in 1819. Both her sons succeeded to the title: Jacob Henry, 17th Baron (1822 – 71); and Delaval Loftus, 18th Baron (1825 – 72). In 1835 she had a daughter, fathered by Thomas Garth. The affair was satirised in the press, but she died soon after the birth of the illegitimate child, aged 39. The portrait was exhibited at the RA in 1826, as ‘Lady Astley’, along with a companion picture of her husband.

Provenance: accepted in lieu of tax by H.M.Treasury and transferred to the National Trust in 2009

Text from National Trust website

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland
Material: Oil on canvas
Artist: Henry William Pickersgill, RA (1782 – 1875)
Date: 1826

Image Details
Date: 29 September 2023
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/30s
ISO: 800
Licensing: Image of a National Trust asset. This image cannot be licensed.