Mary Delaney (
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Maiden name
Granville
Married name
Delaney; Pendarves
Short biography
The former Mary Granville, her home as the wife of Alexander Pendarves was at Penryn in the manor house of Roscrow (1718-48).
Full biography
The marriage was an unhappy one and in 1743, following Pendarves' death in 1725, she married Dr Patrick Delany, an Irish clergyman. She was a correspondent of Jonathan Swift and Fanny Burney. Her London salon was meeting place for artists and people of letters and she was herself a talented flower painter, silhouettist, and collagist. Delaney was painted by famous artists, including John Opie. She is noted in volume one of Boase and Courtney's Bibliotheca Cornubiensis.
Works in our collections
Date of birth
14 May 1700
Place of birth
Coulston, Wiltshire
Date of death (approx)
c. 1788
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