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  • In March 1739 Mary Granville accompanied a number of her women friends to Westminster, where they entered the galleries of the House of Lords and listened in on proceedings. At this time women were officially excluded from the House. Mary Granville (1700-1788) was born at Coulston, Wiltshire, the daugher of an aristocratic and influential family. She married Alexander Pendarves, an elderly MP in 1718 but he died in 1725 and Mary moved to London where she became a familiar face at public and social functions. In 1743 she married Patrick Delany, an Irish Anglican cleric. She died in 1788 at Windsor Castle. During her lifetime Mary had been a prolific writer of letter and corresponded regularly with her family and friends. Her letters were edited and published in six volumes in 1861-2 by Lady Llanover (Augusta Hall, ne้ Waddington) (1802-96) who was her great-niece.
Letter from Mary Granville describing her invasion of parliament, March 1739 [page 1 of 4]