LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU

Baptized in 1689, died in 1762; eldest daughter of the Duke

of Kingston; married Edward Wortley Montagu, grandson of the

Earl of Sandwich, in 1712; her husband sent to Turkey as

ambassador in 1716; she was a close friend of Pope, but

afterward quarreled with him; in 1739 left England, settling

in Venice, where she remained until 1762; her "Letters"

published in 1763, with further instalments in 1767 and

later years.

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