Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont 1689-1762

In 1687 [her father] Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 32] and [her mother] Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] William Feilding 2nd Earl Desmond 3rd Earl Denbigh and [her grandmother] Mary Carey Countess Desmond and Denbigh.

On or before 26th May 1689 Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont was born to Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 34] and Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull [aged 21]. On 26th May 1689 she was baptised at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden.

On 17th September 1690 [her uncle] William Pierrepont 4th Earl Kingston [aged 28] died at Holme Pierrepoint, Nottinghamshire [Map]. He was buried at the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map]. His succeeded brother [her father] Evelyn [aged 35] succeeded 5th Earl Kingston upon Hull, 5th Viscount Newark, 5th Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint. [her mother] Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull [aged 22] by marriage Countess Kingston upon Hull.

In December 1697 [her mother] Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull [aged 29] died.

In 1706 [her father] Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 51] was created 1st Marquess Dorchester.

After 26th April 1707 [her brother-in-law] John Erskine 23rd Earl of Mar [aged 32] and [her sister] Frances Pierrepont Countess Mar were married. Frances Pierrepont Countess Mar by marriage Countess Mar. She the daughter of [her father] Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 52] and [her mother] Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull. He the son of Charles Erskine 22nd Earl of Mar.

In 1712 Edward Wortley-Montagu [aged 33] and Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont [aged 22] were married after they eloped together to avoid her marriage to Clotworthy Skeffington 4th Viscount Massereene. She the daughter of Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 57] and Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull.

On 13th March 1712 [her brother-in-law] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower [aged 17] and [her sister] Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower [aged 21] were married. Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower by marriage Baroness Gower. She the daughter of [her father] Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 57] and [her mother] Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull. They were fourth cousins.

On 15th May 1713 [her son] Edward Wortley-Montagu was born to [her husband] Edward Wortley-Montagu [aged 35] and Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont [aged 23].

On 2nd August 1714 [her father] Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 59] and [her step-mother] Isabella Bentinck Duchess Kingston upon Hull [aged 26] were married. Isabella Bentinck Duchess Kingston upon Hull by marriage Marchioness Dorchester. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland and Anne Villiers Countess Portland.

In 1715 [her father] Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 60] was created 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull. [her step-mother] Isabella Bentinck Duchess Kingston upon Hull [aged 26] by marriage Duchess Kingston upon Hull.

On 24th September 1717 Horace Walpole 4th Earl Orford was born to Robert Walpole 1st Earl Orford [aged 41] and Catherine Shorter [aged 35]. After his death in 1797 [her granddaughter] Louisa Stuart wrote to her grandmother Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont [aged 28] of rumours that his biological father was Carr Hervey [aged 26] with whom his mother was known to be on romantic terms. This fifth child, Horace, was born some eleven years after this elder siblings who were born 1701-1706.

Around 1718 Johnathan "The Elder" Richardson [aged 50]. Portrait of Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont [aged 28].

In February 1718 [her daughter] Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute was born to [her husband] Edward Wortley-Montagu [aged 39] and Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont [aged 28] at Constantinople aka Istanbul, Turkey where her father was Ambassador. She married 20th August 1736 her fifth cousin John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute, son of James Stuart 2nd Earl Bute and Anne Campbell Countess Bute, and had issue.

Before 1723 Godfrey Kneller [aged 76]. Portrait of Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont [aged 33].

On 5th March 1726 [her father] Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 71] died. He was buried at the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map]. His succeeded grandson Evelyn [aged 15] succeeded 2nd Duke Kingston upon Hull, 2nd Marquess Dorchester, 6th Earl Kingston upon Hull, 6th Viscount Newark, 6th Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint.

In 1727 [her sister] Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower [aged 36] died.

In 1732 James Butler 2nd Duke Ormonde [aged 66] was living in Avignon [Map] where he was seen by the writer Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont [aged 42].

In 1734 Philip Medows [aged 26] and Frances Pierrepont [aged 21] were married. On the day of her 21st birthday she attended the opera. During the interval she eloped much to the disapproval of her aunt Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont [aged 44] who had eloped in 1712.

Around 20th August 1736 [her son-in-law] John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute [aged 23] and [her daughter] Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute [aged 18] were married. He the son of James Stuart 2nd Earl Bute and Anne Campbell Countess Bute [aged 50]. They were fifth cousins.

Before 2nd November 1739 Charles Jervas [aged 64]. Portrait of Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont [aged 50].

Letters of Horace Walpole. 27th July 1752. Arlington Street. To Horace Mann 1st Baronet [aged 45].

What will you say to me after a silence of two months? I should be ashamed, if I were answerable for the whole world, who will do nothing worth repeating. Newspapers have horse-races, and can invent casualties, but I can't have the confidence to stuff a letter with either. The only casualty that is of dignity enough to send you, is a great fire at Lincoln's Inn, which is likely to afford new work for the lawyers, in consequence of the number of deeds and writings it has consumed. The Duke of Kingston [aged 63] has lost many of his: he is unlucky with fires: Thoresby, his seat, was burnt a few years ago, and in it a whole room of valuable letters and manuscripts. There has been a Very considerable loss of that kind at this fire: Mr. Yorke, the Chancellor's son, had a great collection of Lord Somers's papers, many relating to the assassination plot; and by which, I am told, it appeared that the Duke of Marlborough was deep in the schemes of St. Germain's [Meaning the court of the exiled James II].

In 1761 [her sister] Frances Pierrepont Countess Mar died.

On 22nd January 1761 [her husband] Edward Wortley-Montagu [aged 82] died.

In 21st August 1762 Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont [aged 73] died.