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BiographyMary Woffington. (1731-1811) (aka. Mary Cholmondeley) Daughter of Arthur Woffington. Sister of famous actress Margaret 'Peg' Woffington (ca. 1714-1760). (Link (1), Link(2) and LJ171262). Married (1746) to Robert Cholmondeley, with whom she had five children. She developed into something of a socialite of London. It is said of her, that "people came to her salon because of her social position; they returned because of her natural wit" and that she could convene the likes of Joshua Reynolds, Edmund Burke, Dr. Johnson and Dr. Burney on few hours notice.1 Life with James Boswell:
Boswell met Mrs. Cholmondeley at the Sheridan's on December 17 and 31, 1762. On January 8, 1763 Mrs. Gould warned Boswell against her. They probably didn't meet again for a number of years until 1776, where they spoke together at Joshua Reynolds'. (TOY, 180376) External links:
Note 1: See Tourtellot, Arthur Bernon. (1938). Be Loved No More: The Life and Environment of Fanny Burney. Houghton Mifflin Company. pp. 100-104. (Read it now!)
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