About Sophia Burrell
Lived 1750 – 1802 (aged 51–52). Sophia Burrell was a poet, playwright, novelist and writer.
Sophia, Lady Burrell (née Raymond; 11 April 1753 – 20 June 1802) was an English poet and dramatist.
Biography She was born Sophia Raymond, eldest daughter of Charles Raymond of Valentines, Essex, and Sarah Webster. Her father was a prominent East India Company Captain. On 13 April 1773 she married William Burrell, Member of Parliament for Haslemere and came into possession, it is said, of 100,000 pounds, then an exorbitant amount of money. A baronetcy was granted to her father in 1774, the year after her marriage, with remainder to her husband and her male issue by him.
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British writer
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Sophia Burrell was born in 1750.
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Sophia Burrell was a poet, playwright, novelist and writer.
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