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Name |
Hester Santlow |
Gender |
Female |
Person ID |
I81743 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
24 Jul 2017 |
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Notes |
- Harriot's mother was the renowned Miss Hester Santlow (later Mrs. Barton Booth), a young dancer and actress in London during the first part of the 18th century. Although she later rose to fame and fortune in her theatrical career, Hester was still on her upward climb at the time of little Harriot's birth. For two years or so before this, Hester had been the mistress of James Craggs the Younger, a notorious playboy and rising politician. She became pregnant and left London in September 1712, returning to the stage one year later. Harriot later recorded, in the Eliot family Bible, her age at the time of her marriage as "13 years and one month", which calculates to February 1713.
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