MR
's mother, born either Hester Vannacot or Hester Seys
, separated from her husband in March 1768. She took to running a small school when she was left without an income. She died in...
Occupation
Mary Robinson
Hester Darby
opened her own boarding-school in Chelsea, where her daughter Mary (later MR
) made her debut as a teacher.
Robinson, Mary. Perdita: The Memoirs of Mary Robinson. Editor Levy, Moses Joseph, Peter Owen, 1994.
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Robinson, Mary. “Introduction”. Perdita: The Memoirs of Mary Robinson, edited by Moses Joseph Levy, Peter Owen, 1994.