In 1802, after the Treaty of Amiens, the Duchess of Gordon took Georgiana to Paris to pursue the option of a marriage with Eugène de Beauharnais, stepson of Napoleon, who was around her own age, but political sensitivities put an end to the plan.

[2] As a second option, the Duchess of Gordon then arranged for her to become engaged to Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford; he died, aged 36, before they could marry.

[3] The duchess advised Georgiana to wear black when meeting Francis's younger brother, who had inherited the title and had been widowed with several children.

James Gillray's caricature of 1796 shows Lady Georgiana Gordon, at the age of 14, at a rout-party,[4] gambling at a game called "Pope Joan".

[11] An engraving of this portrait was published in The Keepsake annual for 1829, together with a poetical commentary by Letitia Elizabeth Landon, simply entitled Verses..

[10] The Dowager Duchess also continued to live at Bedford Lodge on Campden Hill in Kensington and made it a famous centre for social gatherings.