Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere

Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere (1799 – 13 August 1889) was an Irish author.

Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere
Viscountess Combermere in 1862
Born1799 Edit this on Wikidata
Cork Edit this on Wikidata
Died13 August 1889 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 89–90)
Belgrave Square Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationNovelist, essayist, memoirist, poet Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere Edit this on Wikidata

Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere was born in 1799 in Cork, the only daughter of Robert Gibbings, a wealthy Irish physician, and Barbara Woolley.[1][2][3] In 1838, she became the third wife of Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, 26 years her senior.[1]

She turned to writing late in life, publishing an essay collection in 1863, Our Peculiarities. Her novel Shattered Idols featured a chemist engaging in poisoning and bigamy. She also wrote a volume of poetry and edited her late husband's memoirs.[1]

Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere died on 13 August 1889 in Belgrave Square.[4]

Bibliography

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  • Our Peculiarities (1863)
  • Shattered Idols (1865)
  • Memoirs and Correspondence of Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere (1866), editor
  • A Friar's Scourge: Nonsense Verses (1876)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Author: Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton". At the Circulating Library: A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  2. ^ "The Late Viscountess Combermere". Bye-gones: Relating to Wales and the Border Counties. Printed at the Caxton workd. August 21, 1889.
  3. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
  4. ^ "Deaths". The Times. 15 August 1889.