Henrietta Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

Standard Name: Marlborough, Henrietta Churchill,,, Duchess of
Used Form: Henrietta Godolphin

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Family and Intimate relationships William Congreve
Congreve never married. He had two successive long-term liaisons, the first with the actress Anne Bracegirdle , for whose interpretation he created all his heroines of comedy,
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
and the second (most discreetly conducted) with the...
Dedications Eliza Haywood
Spedding believes that the original numbers came out more regularly than has sometimes been assumed by commentators. Collected in volume form after two editions in these original numbers, The Female Spectator had nine editions or...
Dedications Catharine Trotter
She had been working on it for two years, and saw it as an attempt to reform the stage.
Clark, Constance. Three Augustan Women Playwrights. Peter Lang.
49, 61
Congreve sent her detailed suggestions for revision, which sought to improve not her literary...
death William Congreve
His hitherto discreet partner the young Duchess of Marlboroughmade herself conspicuous by her public mourning.
Harris, Frances. A Passion for Government: The life of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. Clarendon.
276
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu wrote a poem to the memory of Congreve, who, she says, In pain could...

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