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- Born:
- May 21, 1746, London
- Died:
- May 30, 1840, London (aged 94)
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Mary Monckton, countess of Cork and Orrery
English society hostess
Also known as: Monckton, Mary, countess of Cork and Orrery
Mary Monckton, countess of Cork and Orrery (born May 21, 1746, Londonādied May 30, 1840, London) was a society hostess whose āconversation partiesā were attended by leading figures from the worlds of politics and letters. She is supposed to have been the original of āLady Bellairā in British prime minister Benjamin Disraeliās novel Henrietta Temple and of āMrs. Leo Hunterā in Charles Dickensā Pickwick Papers.
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