Robinson, Mary, (1758-1800), actress, author and royal mistress

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Alternative name(s):	Mary Darby (Maiden Name) Perdita (Pseudonym)
Surname:	Robinson
Forenames:	Mary
Gender:	Female
Date:	1758-1800
Biography:	ODNB link for Robinson, Mary (1758-1800) nee Darby, Actress Author and Royal Mistress called Perdita
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P142525 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P24506 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Mary Robinson

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	MS of The Lucky Escape	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 25984	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
2	c1790-1800: poems (1 vol)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Transferred from Parliamentary Archives, where ref was H C 20/21
3	1781: letters from (Copies), to Prince of Wales and Viscount Malden about the former's treatment of her, and correspondence (24 letters) between Viscount Malden, Lord Southampton and Colonel Hotham regarding her relationship with the Prince of Wales	Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies	(294-319)	NRA 7244 Capell