Elizabeth Montagu [née Robinson]

(1718-1800)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1720-1800 NRA: Montagu Elizabeth (1720-1800) nee Robinson Author DNB: Montagu [née Robinson], Elizabeth (1718-1800), author and literary hostess LBT ID: ElMonta1800 VIAF ID: 45200405 LOC ID: n50003803	B/BAP: 1718-10-02 DIED: 1800-08-25
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Bluestocking patron of literature and author of the celebrated Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare (1769).
REFERENCES TO Elizabeth Montagu [née Robinson]: Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) An Account of Christ’s Hospital. Found 1: ¶ 43 Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XXI Found 1: ¶ 29 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXXVII. Found 1: ¶ 4