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Mary Lepell, baronessa di Hervey ( 26 settembre 1700 – Ickworth, 2 settembre 1768 ), è stata una nobildonna inglese .
- Family and Early Life
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- Marriage
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Born around 1700, Mary Lepell was the daughter of Brigadier-general Nicholas Wedig Lepell and his wife, Mary Brooke, daughter and co-heiress of John Brooke of Rendlesham, Suffolk. Her tombstone states that she was born on 26 September 1700; there is, however, some uncertainty about the date of her birth and the baptism registers state it was 16 Sep...
At court, Mary Lepell divided the honours for wit and beauty with her friend Mary Bellenden, subsequently the wife of Colonel John Campbell, who became the fourth Duke of Argyll. Pope and Gay sang her praises. William Pulteney, first Earl of Bath, and Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield wrote a joint ballad in her honour to the tune...
Her marriage with John Hervey, afterwards 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth, was announced to have taken place on 25 October 1720. It must, however, have occurred several months earlier (21 April 1720), as in a letter preserved at Ickworth, and dated 20 May 1720, Lord Bristol congratulates her on her marriage, which he calls a secret. Lady Mary Wortley ...
She died on 2 September 1768, aged 68, and was buried at Ickworth, Suffolk. The epitaph on her tombstone was written by Horace Walpole. Lady Hervey was a lively and intelligent letter writer. Her letters to the Rev. Edmund Morris, formerly tutor to her sons, written between 1742 and 1768, were published in 1821. Several earlier letters of hers writ...
Bibliography
1. Kilburn, Matthew (2004). "Hervey, Mary, Lady Hervey of Ickworth (1699/1700–1768)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Hervey, Mary". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Frequente visitatore dei principi di Galles nel loro palazzo di Richmond, nel 1720 sposò Mary Lepell, dama di compagnia della principessa.
He was a frequent visitor at the court of the Prince and Princess of Wales at Richmond, and in 1720 he married Mary Lepell, daughter of Nicholas Lepell, who was one of the Princess's ladies-in-waiting, and a great court beauty.
29 giu 2021 · Mary Lepell, affectionately known as Molly, was an animal of the court just like her future husband and mother-in-law. She was a Maid of Honour in the Princess of Wales’s household and was considered to be one of the great beauties of the Georgian court.
29 giu 2008 · Letters of Mary Lepel [sic] Lady Hervey: With a Memoir and Illustrative Notes. Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
20 ott 2023 · Mary Hervey, Lady Hervey (née Lepell; 1700–1768) was an English courtier. Early life Born around 1700, Mary Lepell was the daughter of Brigadier-general Nicholas Wedig Lepell and his wife, Mary Brooke, daughter and co-heiress of John Brooke of Rendlesham, Suffolk.
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