Caroline Graham, Duchess of Montrose Caroline Graham, Duchess of Montrose Caroline Graham, Duchess of Montrose (10 August 1770 – 24 March 1847), formerly Lady Caroline Maria Montagu, was the second wife of James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose. She was the daughter of George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Dashwood. She married Montrose on 24 July 1790, at Kensington Palace. He was fifteen years her senior, and had previously been married to Lady Jemima Elizabeth, daughter of John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham; their only child had died in infancy. The duke and duchess had six children: The duke,
Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia and 1891. It was designed by architect Maximilian Messmacher in Neo-Renaissance-style with its front entrance on the Admiralty Embankment 8. The building was innovative for the end of the 19th century, having gas pipelines, electricity and a telephone. However, the grand duke was not destined to live there. By the time the palace was finished Grand Duke Michael had gone into exile from Russia. In the spring of 1886 the grand duke was in London in search of a wife. He made unsuccessful overtures for the hand of Princess Mary of Teck. While Mary's grandmother, the Duchess of Cambridge, was