Person record for Robinson, Mary (née Darby, Perdita, Polly Derby) and Robinson, Mary Elizabeth

Robinson, Mary (née Darby, Perdita, Polly Derby)

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 97 times, but was not at home (N) 19 times, and was a venue (V) 79 times.

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Name: Robinson, Mary (née Darby, Perdita, Polly Derby)
Gender: Female
Death Date: 26 December 1800
Occupation: author
Occupation: actress

For a full account of the Robinsons in the diary see Robinsonpersname>

Mary Robinson was a renowned actress and was the mistress of the Prince of Wales for several months in 1870. She famously played Perdita in The Winter’s Tale and the name stuck. and who had been the mistress of the Prince of Wales.
Mary Robinson first appears, as Mrs Robinson, on 9 February 1796: 'tea mrs Robinson's , w. Twiss and Tarleton'. There are several more mentions that year – Godwin always separates Robinson from Mrs. R, and she appears several times with Tarleton (sometimes abbreviated as 'Tn') with whom she had a long-running affair that finished in 1797. She also appears with 'C', who is probably Thomas Cooper. It seems that after Godwin and Mary Robinson establish a level of intimacy, she becomes ‘M Robinson’. In the addendum to the 1796 volume of the diary, Godwin confirms his meeting with ‘Mrs. Robinson’. Mentions of Mary Robinson cease after her death and funeral in 1800.

Godwin records her death on 26 December 1800.

DNB.
St Clair, p. 250.
Paula Byrne, Perdita: The Life of Mary Robinson (London: Harper, 2004).

This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.

Name	Number of Meetings
Tarleton, Sir Banastre (baronet)	16
Wollstonecraft, Mary (Godwin)	8
Fenwick, John	8
Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza) (née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair)	6
Marshall, James	5
Northcote, James	5
Cooper, Thomas (Abthorpe)	4
Taylor, John	3
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor	3
Pratt, Samuel Jackson (pseudonym Courtney Melmoth)	2
Hays, Mary	2
Twiss, Francis	2
Wolcot, Dr John (pseudonym Peter Pindar)	2
Carlisle, Sir Anthony	2
Robinson, Mary Elizabeth	2
Allinhgam, John (Till)	2
Francis, Sir Philip	2
	2
Reynolds, Frederick	1
Hookham, Thomas	1
Fox, Charles James	1
Twiss, Richard	1
Inchbald, Elizabeth	1
Hoare, Prince	1
Imlay, Fanny (Godwin)	1
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin)	1
Merry, Robert	1
Opie, John	1
Bourgeois, Peter Francis	1
Jerningham,	1
Adam, William	1
Tierney, George	1
Fitzpatrick, Richard	1
Maurice, Thomas	1
Kemble, John Philip	1
Smith, William	1
Weld,	1
O'Connor, Arthur (Conner) (Condorcet-O'Connor)	1
Burdett, Sir Francis (fifth baronet)	1

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 6 times, and was a venue (V) 0 times.

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1799

21 February 1799

1800

6 May 1800 12 May 1800 6 June 1800 14 June 1800

1810

4 July 1810

Name: Robinson, Mary Elizabeth
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 18 October 1774
Death Date: 1818
Occupation: writer

Mary Elizabeth Robinson was the daughter of Mary 'Perdita' Robinson. Godwin's contact with her was mainly in the last year of her mother's life and her appearances are mainly associated with Mary 'Perdita', although there is also an occasion where she is seen with Sheridan.

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This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.

Name	Number of Meetings
Robinson, Mary (née Darby, Perdita, Polly Derby)	2
Fenwick, John	2
Marshall, James	1
Reveley, Maria (Gisborne) (née James)	1

Robinson, Mary (née Darby, Perdita, Polly Derby)

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Robinson, Mary Elizabeth

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