Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Vicountess Combermere | |
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Born | 1799
Cork |
Died | 13 August 1889
(aged 89–90) Belgrave Square |
Occupation | Novelist, essayist, memoirist, poet |
Spouse(s) | Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere |
Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Vicountess Combermere (1799 – 13 August 1889) was an Irish author.
Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Vicountess Combermere was born in 1799 in Cork, the only daughter of Robert Gibbings, a wealthy Irish physician, and Barbara Woolley. [1] [2] [3] In 1838, she became the third wife of Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, 26 years her senior. [1]
She turned to writing late in life, publishing an essay collection in 1863, Our Peculiarities. Her novel Shattered Idols featured a chemist engaging in poisoning and bigamy. She also wrote a volume of poetry and edited her late husband's memoirs. [1]
Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Vicountess Combermere died on 13 August 1889 in Belgrave Square. [4]
Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Vicountess Combermere | |
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Born | 1799
Cork |
Died | 13 August 1889
(aged 89–90) Belgrave Square |
Occupation | Novelist, essayist, memoirist, poet |
Spouse(s) | Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere |
Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Vicountess Combermere (1799 – 13 August 1889) was an Irish author.
Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Vicountess Combermere was born in 1799 in Cork, the only daughter of Robert Gibbings, a wealthy Irish physician, and Barbara Woolley. [1] [2] [3] In 1838, she became the third wife of Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, 26 years her senior. [1]
She turned to writing late in life, publishing an essay collection in 1863, Our Peculiarities. Her novel Shattered Idols featured a chemist engaging in poisoning and bigamy. She also wrote a volume of poetry and edited her late husband's memoirs. [1]
Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Vicountess Combermere died on 13 August 1889 in Belgrave Square. [4]