Mary Linley

Mary Linley (1758 – 1787) was one of seven musical siblings born to Thomas Linley the elder and his wife Mary Johnson. She sang publicly until she married the playwright Richard Tickell in 1780.

"The Linley Sisters", by Thomas Gainsborough (Dulwich Picture Gallery) - Mary (sitting, right), with her elder sister Elizabeth.

Life

She was born in Bath 4 January 1758. In 1771 she appeared at the Three Choirs Musical Festival at Hereford, and in 1772 at Gloucester, with her sister Elizabeth Ann Linley. On Elizabeth Ann's retirement, Mary Linley filled her place in oratorio and concert rooms. On 25 July 1780 she married Richard Tickell, pamphleteer and commissioner of stamps. She died at Clifton on 27 July 1787, leaving two sons and a daughter, and was buried in Wells Cathedral.[1]

Notes
  1. "Linley, Mary" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Linley, Mary". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.


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