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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Fenton, Lavinia, 1708-1760 DNB: Fenton [née Besswick; married name Powlett or Paulet], Lavinia, duchess of Bolton (1710-1760), actress and singer LBT ID: DsBolto3 VIAF ID: 52786752 LOC ID: nr98031035 | B/BAP: 1710-10-07 DIED: 1760-01-24 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
English actress who performed as Polly Peachum in Gay's Beggar's
Opera, after which she became the mistress and later the wife of the third duke of
Bolton. | |
