Cork and Orrery, Mary Monckton, countess of

Cork and Orrery, Mary Monckton, countess of

▪ English society hostess
born May 21, 1746, London
died May 30, 1840, London

      society hostess whose “conversation parties” were attended by leading figures from the worlds of politics and letters. She is supposed to have been the original of “Lady Bellair” in British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli's (Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl Of Beaconsfield, Viscount Hughenden Of Hughenden) novel Henrietta Temple and of “Mrs. Leo Hunter” in Charles Dickens' (Dickens, Charles) Pickwick Papers.

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