Lady mary wortley montagu biography of donald

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Was the oldest daughter of Evelyn, Duke of Kingston, and Lady Mary Fielding, daughter of the Earl of Denbigh.

She was born at Thoresby, in Nottinghamshire, about the year She early gave such evidence of genius, that her father placed her under the same preceptors as her brother, and she acquired a singular proficiency in classical studies.

Brought up in great seclusion, she was enabled to cultivate her mind to a degree rarely seen in women of that period. In she became the wife of Edward Wortley Montagu, and continued to live in retirement until her husband's appointment, on the accession of George the First, to a seat in the treasury, which brought her to London.

Introduced at court, her wit and beauty called forth universal admiration, and she became familiarly acquainted with Pope, Addison, and other distinguished writers. In , Mr. Wortley was appointed ambassador to the Porte, and L