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Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere

1799 – 1889

British novelist

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About Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere

Lived 1799 – 1889 (aged 89–90). Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere was a British novelist, essayist, memoirist and poet.

Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere (1799 – 13 August 1889) was an Irish author.

Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere was born in 1799 in Cork, the only daughter of Robert Gibbings, a wealthy Irish physician, and Barbara Woolley. In 1838, she became the third wife of Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, 26 years her senior.

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Important facts

Born

1799, Cork

Birth century

18th century

Died

1889, Belgrave Square

Occupation

Novelist, essayist, memoirist, poet

Nationality

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Also known as

Mary Woolley Gibbings, Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, M. W. G. Cotton, Vicountess Combermere, Mary Woolley Stapleton-Cotton, Lady Combermere

Mary Cotton

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere's

Louis Nicolas Vauquelin

1763 – 1829

Chemist

William Hyde Wollaston

Alexander von Humboldt

Frequently asked questions

Who was Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere?

British novelist

When was Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere born?

Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere was born in 1799 in Cork.

When did Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere die?

Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere died in 1889 in Belgrave Square.

What was Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere's occupation?

Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere was a novelist, essayist, memoirist and poet.

What nationality was Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere?

Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere

· Wikidata: Q64685617

· DBpedia: Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere

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