Elizabeth Livingston Cavendish-Bentinck

[4][5] In 1899, her cousin, Louisa Matilda Livingston, who was married to Elbridge T. Gerry, the grandson of U.S. Vice President Elbridge Gerry, gave a reception and dance in honor of their eldest daughter, Mary, in advance of her presentation the following spring at the Court of St. James and subsequent debut in London Society.

[6] In 1904, while renting Highcliffe Castle, the Cavendish-Bentinck's were host to King Edward VII in Christchurch.

[8] She was known for being one of the many well-known transatlantic marriages between American heiresses and members of the British Peerage.

His father, a British barrister and cricketer was also a Conservative member of parliament from 1859 to 1891, and the only son of Major-General Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (1781–1828), the fourth son of Prime Minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738–1809).

[1][18] In 1914, she had a family mausoleum built in the Churchyard of St Giles in Hertfordshire, designed by Robert Weir Schultz.