Mary Champion de Crespigny
Mary Champion de Crespigny | |
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| Born | Mary Clarke c. 1749 |
| Died | July 12, 1812 (aged 62–63) Richmond House, Richmond |
| Notable works | The Pavilion |
| Spouse | Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, 1st Baronet (1734–1818) |
| Children | Sir William Champion de Crespigny, 2nd Baronet (1765–1829) |
Mary Champion de Crespigny (née Clarke; c. 1749 – 12 July 1812) was an English novelist and letter writer.
Personal life
[edit]Mary Clarke was born c. 1749, her parents' only daughter.[1]
She married Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, 1st Baronet. They had one child, a son named William, born on 1 January 1765.[2] William was educated at Eton College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge[2] and was MP for Southampton 1818–1826.[2][3]
A keen archer, Lady de Crespigny was appointed Lady Patroness of the Royal Toxophilite Society in 1801. She promoted archery as a pastime for women and held archery fêtes at her home at Grove House, Camberwell.[4][5]
She died at Richmond House on 12 July 1812.[1]
Writing
[edit]Around 1780, Mary Champion de Crespigny wrote a series of letters to her son, William, then aged 15. These were published as Letters of Advice from a Mother to her Son in 1803 and were dedicated to John Moore, the Archbishop of Canterbury.[1]
In 1796, she published her only novel, The Pavilion, in four volumes.[1]
She is one of the "lost" women writers listed by Dale Spender in Mothers of the Novel: 100 Good Women Writers Before Jane Austen.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Mary, Lady Champion de Crespigny © Orlando Project". orlando.cambridge.org. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- 1 2 3 "DE CRESPIGNY, Sir William Champion, 2nd Bt. (1765-1829), Kingrew, Fawley, Hants and Champion Lodge, Camberwell, Surr. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ↑ "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slave-ownership". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ↑ A History of the Royal Toxophilite Society: From Its Institution to the Present Time. Royal Toxophilite Society. 1870. pp. 134–5.
- ↑ Looser, Devoney (25 October 2022). Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Brontës. Bloomsbury+ORM. ISBN 978-1-63557-530-9.
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