NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Foote, Maria, 1797?-1867 DNB: Foote, Maria [married name Maria Stanhope, countess of Harrington] (1797-1867), actress LBT ID: MaFoote1867 VIAF ID: 46598323 LOC ID: nr00003235 | B/BAP: 1797-07-24 DIED: 1867-12-27 |
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English actress; in 1814 made her debut at Covent Garden as Amanthis in The Child of Nature; she retired in 1825 following a successful and notorious
breech of promise suit. In 1831 she married Charles Stanhope, fourth earl of Harrington
(1780-1851). | |