The History of Leith

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November 10, 2006

The woman who charmed Scotland

SHE was the celebrity beauty of her age, whose charms proved irresistible to men. She married one Scottish duke in a whirlwind of passion, and on his death she married a second.

Now, the portrait that helped turn Elizabeth Gunning, the young Duchess of Hamilton, into an 18th-century icon has been bought for Scotland’s national collection for £603,000. for more click here

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