Lady Mary Hamilton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLady Mary Hamilton
Scottish novelist
Date of Birth: 08-May-1736
Place of Birth: Melville House, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Profession: novelist
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Lady Mary Hamilton
- Lady Mary Hamilton or Lady Mary Walker (née Leslie; 8 May 1736 – 29 February 1821) was a Scottish novelist of the 18th century.
- She was the youngest daughter of Alexander Leslie, 5th Earl of Leven and the mother of James Walker, a Rear admiral in the British Royal Navy. Her works included discussions of philosophy, education and art.
- Advanced in thinking for the time period, she was a strong advocate of education for women.
- Her most successful novel, Munster Village (1778), centres on a utopian garden city populated with fallen women and females escaping disastrous marriages.
- Jane Austen may have been influenced by her writings, taking the same names as some of Lady Mary's characters.
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