She gained her title through her looks, marrying the Duke of Bolton after his first wife died. Beore that, she was an actress and a child prostitute before that. Polly Peacham is a role in The Beggar's Opera that opened in 1728. Her Wikipedia article is here.
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ca. 1555 Caterina de' Medici by ? (Galleria degli Uffizi - Firenze, Toscana, Italy)
Maria Francisca Pignatelli and Gonzaga, Duchess of Medinaceli by Anton Raphael Mengs (location unknown to gogm)
1740s Lavinia Fenton, Duchess of Bolton by William Hogarth (Tate Collection)
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