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Elizabeth Vesey
(1715-1791)
Irish socialite
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Elizabeth Vesey (1715 in Ossory, Ireland – 1791 in Chelsea, London) was a wealthy Irish intellectual who is credited with fostering the Bluestockings, a society which hosted informal literary and political discussions of which she was an important member.

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Born Elizabeth Vesey
1715
Ossory, Ireland
Died
1791 (aged 75)
Chelsea, London, England
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  • Mary Delany
    Mary Delany · Friend · 1700-1788 · English Bluestocking, artist, and letter-writer edit info
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  • Samuel Johnson
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  • Elizabeth Montagu
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  • Frances Boscawen
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  • Mary Delany
    Mary Delany · Friend · 1700-1788 · English Bluestocking, artist, and letter-writer edit info
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  • Samuel Johnson
    Samuel Johnson · Friend · 1709-1784 · English writer and lexicographer edit info
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  • Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland
    Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland · Friend · 1715-1785 · British duchess edit info
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  • David Garrick
    David Garrick · Friend · 1717-1779 · English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer edit info
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  • Elizabeth Carter
    Elizabeth Carter · Friend · 1717-1806 · English poet and polymath edit info
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  • Elizabeth Montagu
    Elizabeth Montagu · Friend · 1718-1800 · English social reformer and arts patron 1718-1776 edit info
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  • Frances Boscawen
    Frances Boscawen · Friend · 1719-1805 · Literary hostess edit info
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  • Adam Smith
    Adam Smith · Friend · 1723-1790 · Scottish economist and philosopher edit info
    expand_more
  • Joshua Reynolds
    Joshua Reynolds · Friend · 1723-1792 · English painter edit info
    expand_more
  • Thomas Warton
    Thomas Warton · Friend · 1728-1790 · 18th-century English literary historian, critic, and poet edit info
    expand_more
  • Edmund Burke
    Edmund Burke · Friend · 1729-1797 · 18th-century statesman and political theorist edit info
    expand_more
  • Thomas Percy (Bishop of Dromore)
    Thomas Percy (Bishop of Dromore) · Friend · 1729-1811 · Irish Anglican bishop edit info
    expand_more
  • Edward Gibbon
    Edward Gibbon · Friend · 1737-1794 · English historian and politician edit info
    expand_more
  • Hannah More
    Hannah More · Friend · 1745-1833 · English poet and playwright edit info
    expand_more
  • Richard Brinsley Sheridan
    Richard Brinsley Sheridan · Friend · 1751-1816 · British politician edit info
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  • Frances Burney
    Frances Burney · Friend · 1752-1840 · British writer edit info
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