Mary Woffington | |
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 Portrait by William Hogarth, 1759 | |
| Born | Mary Woffington 1729 |
| Died | 4 April 1811 (aged 81–82) England |
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| Era | Georgian |
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Robert Cholmondeley
(m. 1746; died 1804) |
| Children | 10 |
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Mary Woffington Cholmondeley (1729 – 4 April 1811) was an Irish socialite of the Georgian era. Her sister was the famous actor Peg Woffington. After a failed attempt at an acting career, Mary married the second son of the Earl of Cholmondeley and chose to live as a socialite. With connections in both English and French high society, she came to have a "modest salon", and was close friends with Frances Burney and Samuel Johnson.