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English writer and poet (1689–1762)

For other people named Mary Montagu, see Mary Montagu (disambiguation).

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont; 15 May 1689 – 21 August 1762) was an Englisharistocrat, medical pioneer, writer, and poet.

Born in 1689, Lady Mary spent her early life in England. In 1712, Lady Mary married Edward Wortley Montagu, who later served as the British ambassador to the Sublime Porte. Lady Mary joined her husband on the Ottoman excursion, where she was to spend the next two years of her life.

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During her time there, Lady Mary wrote extensively on her experience as a woman in Ottoman Constantinople. After her return to England, Lady Mary devoted her attention to the upbringing of her family before dying of cancer in 1762.

Although having regularly socialised with the court of George I and George Augustus, Prince of Wales (later King George II) ,^[1] Lady Mary is today chiefly remembered for her let