Caroline Graham, Duchess of Montrose Hastings. The duke died in 1836. The duchess died, aged 76, at Petersham, Surrey. In the 2009 film "The Young Victoria", the duchess is played by Alice Glover. 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
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom the Duke of Cambridge stood proxy; the Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, for whom the Duchess of Kent stood proxy; the Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, for whom the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz stood proxy; and Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester. Alice's birth prompted her parents to find a larger family home. Buckingham Palace was not equipped with the private apartments that Victoria's growing family needed, including suitable nurseries. Therefore, in 1844, Victoria and Albert purchased Osborne House on the Isle of Wight as a family holiday home. Alice's education was devised by her father and his close friend, Baron