Margaret Cavendish

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Margaret Cavendish, who was by marriage a great lady, wrote in the seventeenth century primarily to please herself and her husband, who was an enthusiast for her writing; they took pleasure in her publishing as well as her writing. Her works (scientific speculations, poems, plays, speeches, biography and autobiography) were issued in handsome folio volumes, with her name and some honorific description, primarily for presentation more than for sale. Two women printers published works by her.
Bell, Maureen. A Dictionary of Women in the London Book Trade, 1540-1730. Loughborough University of Technology, 1983.
  • BirthName: Margaret Lucas
    Her husband called her Peg.

  • Married: Cavendish
  • Titled: Marchioness of Newcastle; Duchess of Newcastle
Oval miniature portrait of Margaret Cavendish, head and shoulders, in a gold frame. She wears a dark blue gown with pearl necklace and earrings. Her dark, curly hair is mostly loose.

Milestones

Probably 1623

Margaret Lucas (later Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle) was born, the youngest (by six years) of a family of eight.
Jones, Kathleen. A Glorious Fame: The Life of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, 1623-1673. Bloomsbury, 1988.
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Cavendish, Margaret. “Introduction”. Paper Bodies: A Margaret Cavendish Reader, edited by Sylvia Bowerbank and Sara Heller Mendelson, Broadview, 2000, pp. 9-37.
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March 1653

Margaret Cavendish , Marchioness of Newcastle, in London on her exiled husband 's business, published her first book: Poems, and Fancies.
Grant, Douglas. Margaret the First: A Biography of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, 1623-1673. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957.
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December 1667

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle , published The Life of . . . William Cavendishe, Duke . . . of Newcastle . . ..
Grant, Douglas. Margaret the First: A Biography of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, 1623-1673. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957.
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1668

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle , included five new works in Plays Never before Printed.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.

15 December 1673

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle , died suddenly at Welbeck, probably from the chronic stomach ailments which her purging and avoidance of exercise may have hastened.
Jones, Kathleen. A Glorious Fame: The Life of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, 1623-1673. Bloomsbury, 1988.
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Biography

Birth and Family

Probably 1623

Margaret Lucas (later Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle) was born, the youngest (by six years) of a family of eight.
Jones, Kathleen. A Glorious Fame: The Life of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, 1623-1673. Bloomsbury, 1988.
8
Cavendish, Margaret. “Introduction”. Paper Bodies: A Margaret Cavendish Reader, edited by Sylvia Bowerbank and Sara Heller Mendelson, Broadview, 2000, pp. 9-37.
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