Maria Ann Campion

Maria Ann Campion (1777 - 18 June 1803) was a popular Irish actress and the second wife of the actor Alexander Pope. She was born in Waterford, Ireland and died in London on 18 June 1803, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

She first appeared in London, in the same character, at Covent-Garden Theatre, on 13 October 1797, and married an actor named Alexander Pope on 24 January 1798. She returned to Dublin where she appeared at the Fish Shamble Street Theatre. and the performance was completed by another actress. On 18 June, she collapsed and died at the age of twenty-six. She was survived by a daughter. Her mother had died the previous year. She was interred in Westminster Abbey on 25 June alongside Pope's first wife Elizabeth Younge.

She is stated to have been the author of two novels.