Mary Monck
Mary Monck (née Molesworth; 1677? – 1715) was a celebrated beauty and poet.[1]
Life[]
She was the second daughter of Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth, and Letitia Coote, third daughter of Richard, Lord Coloony, and sister of Richard, Earl of Bellamont.
She became the first wife of George Monck of St Stephen's Green, Dublin, and died at Bath in 1715.[2][3] They had two daughters (the eldest, Sarah Monck, died in 1739) and one son, Henry Stanley Monck of St Stephen's Green, who died in 1745.
Works[]
By her own application she acquired a knowledge of the Latin, Italian, and Spanish languages, and read much English literature. Some poems by her appeared shortly after her death under the title of Marinda. Poems and Translations upon several occasions, London, 1716, 8vo.
On her deathbed she wrote some very affecting verses to her husband, which are not included in her works, but which were printed in Barber's collection Poems by Eminent Ladies.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ Webb, Alfred (1878). "Mary Monck". A Compendium of Irish Biograph: Comprising Sketches of Distinguished Irishmen, Eminent Persons Connected with Ireland by Office or by Their Writings. Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son. Digital version at Library Ireland.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Cooper 1894.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Monk [sic], Mary (1755). "Poems by the Hon. Mrs. Monk". In Colman, George; Thornton, Bonnell (eds.). Poems by Eminent Ladies: Particularly: Mrs. Barber, Mrs. Behn, Miss Carter, Lady Chudleigh, Mrs. Cockburn, Mrs. Grierson, Mrs. Jones etc. R. Baldwin. pp. 187–196. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
External links[]
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cooper, Thompson (1894). "Monck, Mary". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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