"published works were four brief pieces written for Samuel Johnson's journal ""The Rambler"" in 1750. She was married in 1760 to the solicitor John Chapone (c.1728–1761), who was the son of an earlier moral writer, Sarah Chapone (1699–1764), but soon widowed. Hester Chapone was associated with the learned ladies or Bluestockings who gathered around Elizabeth Montagu, and was the author of ""Letters on the Improvement of the Mind"" and ""Miscellanies"". She died at Hadley, Middlesex, on 25 December 1801. The former was first written for her 15-year-old niece, in 1773, but by 1800 it had been through at least 16"
"natural calendars. A society was founded in the early 1750s by Elizabeth Montagu, Elizabeth Vesey and others as a literary discussion group primarily for women. The society was noted for wanting conversation and did not encourage card playing. They invited various people to attend including Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Catharine Macaulay, Elizabeth Griffith, Hannah More, Elizabeth Ann Linley, Charlotte Lennox and Stillingfleet. One story tells that Stillingfleet was not rich enough to have the proper formal dress, which included black silk stockings, so he attended in everyday blue worsted stockings. James Boswell records that during a period of poor conversation when"
"Lord Cremorne in Chelsea. In Chelsea, Elizabeth became consumed by a tearful depression. Despite brief appearances, she never again assumed the place she had previously held in society. Friends blamed her depression on her lack of religious conviction. Miss Handcock died in January 1789 and Elizabeth followed early in 1791. Elizabeth Vesey Elizabeth Vesey (1715 in Ossory, Ireland – 1791 in Chelsea, London) was a wealthy Irish intellectual who is credited with fostering the Bluestockings, a society of women which hosted informal literary and political discussions of which she was an important member. Her girlish figure and flirtatious wit earned"
"Blue Stockings Society The Blue Stockings Society was an informal women's social and educational movement in England in the mid-18th century. The society emphasized education and mutual co-operation. The Society was founded in the early 1750s by Elizabeth Montagu, Elizabeth Vesey and others, as a women's literary discussion group, a revolutionary step away from traditional, non-intellectual, women's activities. They invited various people (both women and men) to attend, including botanist, translator and publisher Benjamin Stillingfleet. One story tells that Stillingfleet was not rich enough to have the proper formal dress, which included black silk stockings and so he attended in"
"subscribers, including literary notables Elizabeth Carter, Elizabeth Montagu, William Cowper, and Hester Chapone. As a labouring-class poet, Bentley—""content to be the last and lowest of the tuneful train""—adopted a humble stance towards her readers and let it be known that the venture was intended to establish an annuity for she and her mother. Both her collections, however, contained portraits of the author and accounts of her life; the account written in 1790 and published in the first volume is the source of most that is known of her. Her poetry celebrates the countryside and engages in public debates on topics"
"is quoted as saying to her, ""Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth having."" He would later be quoted as calling her ""the finest versifatrix in the English language"". She also became one of the prominent members of the Bluestocking group of women engaged in polite conversation and literary and intellectual pursuits, attending the salon of Elizabeth Montagu, where she also met and became acquainted with Frances Boscawen, Elizabeth Carter, Elizabeth Vesey and Hester Chapone, some of whom were to become lifelong friends. She later wrote"
"spent their studious hours apart, meeting at meals, and spending their evenings together during periods of six months. The other half of the year she usually passed in London, or in visiting her friends at their country houses. At the suggestion of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, who took great delight in her conversation and writings, Carter published another volume of poems in 1762, to which George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton contributed a poetical introduction. In 1763, she accompanied the Earl of Bath and Edward and Elizabeth Montagu on a continental tour. They crossed the Channel to Calais, visited"
"included Seymour Dorothy Fleming (whose sister was the Countess of Harrington's daughter-in-law), met in a brothel owned by Sarah Pendergast. The Female Coterie The Female Coterie was the title given to a group of ""ladies of quality"" in 18th century London. Horace Walpole described their activities as meeting every morning ""either to play cards, chat or do whatever else they please"". Dinner and supper were provided, followed by loo. The founding members were Mrs Fitzroy, Lady Pembroke, Mrs Meynell, Lady Molyneux, Miss Pelham and Miss Lloyd. The society was founded in 1769 by William Almack, already proprietor of the clubs"
"society led by Elizabeth Montagu and others in the 1750s in England. Elizabeth Montagu was an anomaly in this society because she took possession of her husband's property when he died. This allowed her to have impact in her world. This society was founded by women, and included many prominent members of English society, both male and female, including Harriet Bowdler, Edmund Burke, Sarah Fielding, Samuel Johnson, and Frances Pulteney. ""M.P."", an 1811 comic opera by Thomas Moore and Charles Edward Horn, was subtitled ""The Blue Stocking"". It contained a character Lady Bab Blue who was a parody of bluestockings."
"Miss Talbot's tutor in astronomy. The two ladies carried on a lively and copious correspondence. As Secker was successively rector of St. James's, Westminster, bishop of Oxford, dean of St. Paul's, and finally in 1758 archbishop of Canterbury, Catherine Talbot frequented the society of her time. She knew among others Bishop Butler, Lord Lyttelton, William Pulteney, earl of Bath, Mrs. Montagu, the Duchess of Somerset, with whom she often stayed at Percy Lodge, and Samuel Richardson. Richardson discussed ""Sir Charles Grandison"" with her and Elizabeth Carter, adopted their suggestions, and sent them parts of the novel to read before publication."
"other in intellectual endeavors such as reading, artwork, and writing. Many also published literature. Author Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806) was a Blue Stocking Society advocate and member who published essays and poetry, and translated Epictetus. Contemporary author Anna Miegon compiled biographical sketches of these women in her ""Biographical Sketches of Principal Bluestocking Women"". Blue Stockings Society The Blue Stockings Society was an informal women's social and educational movement in England in the mid-18th century. The society emphasized education and mutual co-operation. The Society was founded in the early 1750s by Elizabeth Montagu, Elizabeth Vesey and others, as a women's literary discussion"
"everyday blue worsted stockings. The term came to refer to the informal quality of the gatherings and the emphasis on conversation over fashion. The Blue Stockings Society of England emerged in about 1750, and waned in popularity at the end of the 18th century. It was a loose organization of privileged women with an interest in education to gather together to discuss literature while inviting educated men to participate. The Blue Stockings Society leaders and hostesses were Elizabeth Montagu and Elizabeth Vesey. The women involved in this group generally had more education and fewer children than most English women of"
"meetings. Her guests included Elizabeth Montagu, Dr Johnson, James Boswell, Joshua Reynolds, Frances Reynolds, Elizabeth Carter, and later Hannah More, who described her as ""sage"" in her 1782 poem ""The Bas Bleu, or, Conversation"", published in 1784. Her widowhood inspired Edward Young's 1761 poem ""Resignation"". She ""was widely known in literary London as a model letter-writer and conversationalist, prized for her wit, elegance, and warm heart,"" according to a present-day scholar. Frances died at home in London on 26 February 1805. Frances Boscawen Frances Evelyn Boscawen (née Glanville) (23 July 1719 – 26 February 1805) was known as a literary"
"Elizabeth Carter, and Some Fugitive Pieces, Never Before Published. Together with an Account of Her Life and Character, Drawn Up by Her Own Family"""" (1807). There, Chapone is quoted: Hester Chapone Hester Chapone, ""née"" Mulso (27 October 1727, Twywell, Northamptonshire – 1801), was an English writer of conduct books for women. She became associated with the London Bluestockings. The daughter of Thomas Mulso (1695–1763), a gentleman farmer, and his wife (died 1747/8), a daughter of Colonel Thomas, Hester wrote a romance at the age of nine, ""The Loves of Amoret and Melissa"", which earned her mother's disapproval. She was educated"
"& Co. in 1861. The group initially met every evening in the rooms of Charles Faulkner in Pembroke College, though by 1856 its dominant figure was Edwin Hatch. The primary interests of the Birmingham Set were initially literary – they were admirers of Tennyson in particular – and they also read the poetry of Shelley and Keats and the novels of Thackeray, Kingsley and Dickens. The turning point in the group's interests took place when Morris and Burne-Jones, and through them the rest of the group, discovered the writings of John Ruskin and took to visiting English country churches and"
"only ""Abigails"" (maids) wore aprons. She was still reported to be wearing one when she met Horace Walpole in 1749. The duchess was a friend to many members of the English literary community, including Gay, William Congreve, James Thompson, Alexander Pope, Matthew Prior, and William Whitehead. Many of these literary friends placed references to her in their poems and other works. Hyde was also said to have had influence over Prime Minister William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry Catherine Hyde, afterwards Duchess of Queensberry (1701 – 17 June 1777), was an English socialite in London"
"to be lionised, and in London was introduced to other great writers of the era, including Harriet Martineau and William Makepeace Thackeray, who both befriended her. Charlotte especially admired Thackeray, whose portrait, given to her by Smith, still hangs in the dining room at Haworth parsonage. On one occasion Thackeray apparently introduced Charlotte to his mother during a public gathering as ""Jane Eyre"" and when Charlotte called on him the next day, received an extended dressing-down, in which Smith had to intervene. During her trip to London in 1851 she visited the Great Exhibition and The Crystal Palace. In 1849"
"of education for girls, helping to found several schools and colleges for women. Notable about the Semi-Colon Club was the mixing of the sexes in literary activity and recitation. Harriet Beecher Stowe presented her early works to the entire group, even though the Victorian social standards of the day would have excluded her from speaking in public to a group that included men. Not until after the Civil War did Mrs. Stowe embark on a speaking tour where she publicly spoke to audiences of men and women. Semi-Colon Club The Semi-Colon Club was an informal organization of talented writers in"
"had never written ludicrously."" Another satirical friend, Lady M. W. Montagu, found in Lady Pomfret's letters all the pleasure of an agreeable author. Lady Bute came into possession of the letters. Three volumes of ""Correspondence between Frances Countess of Hartford (afterwards Duchess of Somerset), and Henrietta Louisa, Countess of Pomfret, between … 1738 and 1741"", were published at London in 1805, and again in 1806, by William Bingley, at the desire of Mrs. Burslem of Imber House, Wiltshire, to whom the originals belonged. Prefixed to vol. i. is an engraved portrait of Lady Pomfret from the original picture in crayons"
"to Devizes, Wiltshire and then to London in 1802, where Benger made the acquaintance of several literary figures. These included the novelists Jane and Anna Maria Porter, and the poet Caroline Champion de Crespigny, a former mistress of Lord Byron. She later became known to John Aikin and his daughter Lucy, the poet and children's writer Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Sarah Wesley, the writer daughter of the prominent Methodist Charles Wesley, and the novelist and actress Elizabeth Inchbald. She made a poorer impression on Charles and Mary Lamb, and on the diarist Henry Crabb Robinson, who described her as ""ludicrously fidgety"""
"Shenstone Circle The Shenstone Circle, also known as the Warwickshire Coterie, was a literary circle of poets living in and around Birmingham in England from the 1740s to the 1760s. At its heart lay the poet and landscape gardener William Shenstone, who lived at ""The Leasowes"" in Halesowen to the west of Birmingham, and whose role as patron and mentor to Midlands poets saw him compared to the Roman patron of the arts Gaius Maecenas. Members of the group included Shenstone's near neighbour in Halesowen John Scott Hylton; John Pixell of Edgbaston; William Somervile of Edstone in Warwickshire; Lady Luxborough"
"Montagu led and hosted the Blue Stockings Society of England from about 1750. It was a loose organization of privileged women with an interest in education, but it waned in popularity at the end of the 18th century. It gathered to discuss literature, and also invited educated men to participate. Talk of politics was prohibited; literature and the arts were the main subjects. Many of the bluestocking women supported each other in intellectual endeavors such as reading, art work, and writing. Many also published literature. Elizabeth Montagu published two works in her lifetime. George Lyttleton in 1760 encouraged Elizabeth to"
"Bloomsbury Group The Bloomsbury Group—or Bloomsbury Set—was a group of associated English writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists in the first half of the 20th century, including Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes, E. M. Forster and Lytton Strachey. This loose collective of friends and relatives was closely associated with Cambridge University for the men and King's College London for the women, and they lived, worked or studied together near Bloomsbury, London. According to Ian Ousby, ""although its members denied being a group in any formal sense, they were united by an abiding belief in the importance of the arts."" Their works"
"and other members of the Bluestocking circle. Anne Hunter, a minor poet and socialite, and Mary Delany were also noted as close friends. She also befriended Samuel Johnson, editing some editions of his periodical ""The Rambler"". Born in Deal, Kent, 16 December 1717, Elizabeth Carter was the oldest child of Rev. Nicolas Carter, perpetual curate of Deal, and his first wife, Margaret (died c. 1728), who was the only daughter and heir of Richard Swayne of Bere Regis, Dorset. She died when Elizabeth was ten. Her redbrick family home can still be seen at the junction of South Street and"
"split her time between London, England and Lucan in Ireland, but eventually settled mostly in London at houses in Clarges Street and Bolton Row, Mayfair. At these she hosted her intellectual salon parties., where entertainment consisted of conversations on literary subjects. Her circle included Frances Boscawen, Edmund Burke, David Garrick, Edward Gibbon, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Percy, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Richard Sheridan, Adam Smith and Thomas Warton. Elizabeth did write, but she did not publish and her literary influence has been in her willingness to host the evening parties. Elizabeth Vesey's vivacious personality and charm as a hostess made her salon"
"Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry Edith Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry, DBE (née Chaplin; 3 December 1878 – 23 April 1959) was a noted and influential society hostess in the United Kingdom between World War I and World War II, a friend of the first Labour prime minister, Ramsay MacDonald. She was a noted gardener and a writer and editor of the works of others. Born as Edith Helen Chaplin in Blankney, Lincolnshire, she was the daughter of Henry Chaplin, landowner and Conservative politician and later the 1st Viscount Chaplin (1840–1923), and Lady Florence Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1855–1881). After the death of"
"the most memorable of the bluestocking group. One Mary Hamilton recorded her experience there in 1783: ...one meets with a charming variety of society … the Learned, the witty, the old & young, the grave, gay, wise & unwise, the fine bred Man & the pert coxcomb; The elegant female, the chaste Matron, the severe prude, & the pert Miss, but be it remembered that you can run no ""risque"" in Mrs. Vesey's parties of meeting with those who have no claim to respect. In 1782 both her own and her husband's health began to fail; she feared she was"
"succeeded to her large fortune, and they took a house in Windsor. She was a little creature, and very short-sighted; she read Spanish, Hebrew, and French, always taking a Spanish prayer-book to church. She was intimate with Catherine Talbot, and she knew Elizabeth Carter, Elizabeth Montagu, George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, and the rest of their set. In 1771 Dr. Berkeley, her husband, became prebendary of Canterbury, and they then went to reside at The Oaks, the area at Canterbury Cathedral which had once been the monastery garden. Eliza, supported by her friend Susanna Duncombe, became a dominant figure in"
"The Female Coterie The Female Coterie was the title given to a group of ""ladies of quality"" in 18th century London. Horace Walpole described their activities as meeting every morning ""either to play cards, chat or do whatever else they please"". Dinner and supper were provided, followed by loo. The founding members were Mrs Fitzroy, Lady Pembroke, Mrs Meynell, Lady Molyneux, Miss Pelham and Miss Lloyd. The society was founded in 1769 by William Almack, already proprietor of the clubs later to become Boodle's and Brooks's then based at his houses in Nos. 49 and 50 Pall Mall, and of"
"poet Sir Henry Newbolt, and painters Henry Lamb and Augustus John. Her book on her beloved Wiltshire in the County Book series was published posthumously by her niece Miss Rosemary Olivier who continued to live at the Daye House at the request of the Pembrokes, and became Mayor of Wilton also. It was after Mildred died in 1923 that she started to engage a broader social circle. It was then that she formed a profound friendship with Rex Whistler and acted as a frequent hostess to an elite, artistic, and social set which included Cecil Beaton, Siegfried Sassoon, William Walton,"
"half brothers were the MPs John Abel Smith and Martin Tucker Smith. Gascoigne began writing fiction and poetry at an early age. In 1834, she married Lt.Col. (later, General) Ernest Frederick Gascoigne, MP for Liverpool, and there were three children from this union. She died on 11 June 1883. Caroline Leigh Gascoigne Caroline Leigh Gascoigne (""gas-koin′""; 2 May 1813 - 11 June 1883) was a 19th-century English poet and novelist. She published ""Temptation"" (1839), ""Evelyn Harcourt"" (1842), ""Dr. Harold's Note-Book"" (1869), and other works in prose and verse. Caroline Leigh Smith was born 2 May 1813 in London, England. She"
"zealous for literature, were induced to engage in conducting the work, and for this purpose they formed themselves into a Society. This Society was not completely organized until the year 1805, when Dr. Gardiner was elected President, and William Emerson Vice-President. The Society thus formed maintained its existence with reputation for about six years, and issued ten octavo volumes from the press, constituting one of the most lasting and honorable monuments of the literature of the period."" Early club members included Samuel Cooper Thacher, Joseph Stevens Buckminster, and Joseph Tuckerman, pastors of churches in Boston and vicinity, John Sylvester John"
"regularly, fillng their letters with gossip about mutual acquaintances such as T.E. Hulme, Violet Hunt, Walter Rummel, Florence Farr, and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska; additionally in their letters they shared trivial incidents, family information, and showed affection for one another. They were separated for long periods each year when the Shakespear family visited friends and extended family (mostly members of the Tucker family) in the country, returning to London only for a few months in the spring and autumn—customary for many Victorian families. Generally young women of the period were expected to indulge in activities such as painting, embroidery and music while"