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MARY ANNE TALBOT (1778-1808)
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See also:MARY See also:ANNE See also:TALBOT (1778-1808) , the " See also:British See also:Amazon," was See also:born in See also:London on the 2nd of See also:February 1778 . She believed herself to be the illegitimate See also:child of the 1st See also:Earl See also:Talbot . See also:Early in her career she eloped, in the disguise of a boy, with a See also:captain . In 1792 she was a drummer in See also:Flanders . In the See also:capture of See also:Valenciennes her See also:lover was killed; and See also:Mary See also:Anne deserted and became See also:cabin boy on a See also:French lugger, which she asserted wascaptured by the British, who transferred her to the " Bruns-See also:wick," where she served as a See also:powder See also:monkey, being wounded in See also:Lord See also:Howe's victory of the 1st of See also:June 1794 . For this she later received a small See also:pension . When the See also:wound healed she again went to See also:sea, was captured by the French, and imprisoned for a See also:year and a See also:half . Her See also:sex was not discovered until shortly afterwards she was seized by a pressgang . She finally became a See also:household servant to See also:Robert See also:Kirby, a London publisher, who included an See also:account of her adventures in his Wonderful Museum (1804) and in See also:Life and Surprising Adventures of Mary Anne Talbot (1809) . She died on the 4th of February 18o8 . |
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Additional information and Comments
One only has to examine the will of Lord William Talbot to establish that Mary Ann was relating the truth when declaring she was his daughter. Names that appear in the will dated 1779 correspond with names mentioned by surname in her story. Charles William Dyer was a signatory and John Sucker was a beneficiary and co-executor. "My very dear daughter Miss Fanny Talbot" is also mentioned in the will, when according to the Talbot pedigree William had only one daughter by his marriage to Mary de Cardonnel. This of course maybe true in that she was his only legitimate child, but he had other children by various mistress's. I have been researching the 'Mary Ann Talbot' story for many years and believe I have located her maternal lineage, coincidentally named Talbot with no apparent link with the aristocratic line. It is my considered opinion that Mary Ann obtained her surname from her mother and not as one may suppose from her father. Sincerely Yours, Derek Garforth.
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