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Memoir Of The Countess Of Derby,
MEMOIR OF THE COUNTESS OF DERBY ,
THE SCIENTIFICMAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY ,
FOR MAY , 1798 .
[ WITH AN H . I . OANT P 0 IITI 1 AIT . J HPHIS highly Fortunate and truly accomplished woman was born ¦ " ¦ in 1759 . Her father was a Surgeon and Apothecary at Cork , in Ireland ; and her motlier was the daughter of Mr . Wri ght , an eminent brewer at Liverpool , Mrs . Farren brought her husband little else than affe £ tion and prudence , with seven childrenof whom
, only two are living—the present Countess of Derby , who is the second child ; and Mrs . Knight , of Covent-Garden theatre , who is the youngest . Mr . Farren left a young family , in very distressed circumstances , in consequence of which our heroine embarked on the stage at the early age of fourteen . She made her first appearance in the , year
1773 on the Liverpool theatre , in the character of Rosetta in Love in a Village . That company was then under the management of Mr . Younger , who had so great an esteem for Miss Farren , that in 1777 he recommended her to his friend Colman , Manager of the Haymarket theatre . On the 10 th of" June that year she made her first appearance before a London audience , in the character of Miss Hardcastle in She Stoops to conquer .
She then accepted offers of a liberal nature from the Managers of Covent-Garden theatre , where she performed in tragedv with the late Mr . Digges . Not long afterwards she removed to Drury-Lane , where her establishment became permanent . On the secession of Mrs . Abington from Drury-Lane to Covent-Garden , Miss Farren assumed her characters , with the fullest approbation of the town . Her reputation was fixed as an actress ; and what served still more
to rivet her in the public esteem ; was the unblemished character which she maintained , although she was followed by a crowd of right honourable a . dmirers . Among these was the Earl of Derby , who paid her unremitted attention for some years , in all which time her conduct defied the tongue of malice , On the death of his lad y , thts-Eacl . evintad'the "
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Memoir Of The Countess Of Derby,
MEMOIR OF THE COUNTESS OF DERBY ,
THE SCIENTIFICMAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY ,
FOR MAY , 1798 .
[ WITH AN H . I . OANT P 0 IITI 1 AIT . J HPHIS highly Fortunate and truly accomplished woman was born ¦ " ¦ in 1759 . Her father was a Surgeon and Apothecary at Cork , in Ireland ; and her motlier was the daughter of Mr . Wri ght , an eminent brewer at Liverpool , Mrs . Farren brought her husband little else than affe £ tion and prudence , with seven childrenof whom
, only two are living—the present Countess of Derby , who is the second child ; and Mrs . Knight , of Covent-Garden theatre , who is the youngest . Mr . Farren left a young family , in very distressed circumstances , in consequence of which our heroine embarked on the stage at the early age of fourteen . She made her first appearance in the , year
1773 on the Liverpool theatre , in the character of Rosetta in Love in a Village . That company was then under the management of Mr . Younger , who had so great an esteem for Miss Farren , that in 1777 he recommended her to his friend Colman , Manager of the Haymarket theatre . On the 10 th of" June that year she made her first appearance before a London audience , in the character of Miss Hardcastle in She Stoops to conquer .
She then accepted offers of a liberal nature from the Managers of Covent-Garden theatre , where she performed in tragedv with the late Mr . Digges . Not long afterwards she removed to Drury-Lane , where her establishment became permanent . On the secession of Mrs . Abington from Drury-Lane to Covent-Garden , Miss Farren assumed her characters , with the fullest approbation of the town . Her reputation was fixed as an actress ; and what served still more
to rivet her in the public esteem ; was the unblemished character which she maintained , although she was followed by a crowd of right honourable a . dmirers . Among these was the Earl of Derby , who paid her unremitted attention for some years , in all which time her conduct defied the tongue of malice , On the death of his lad y , thts-Eacl . evintad'the "