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===[[name::Mary]] [[name::DORMER]], [[personal title::Countess of Carnarvon]] [[date of birth::1655]]-[[date of death::1709]]=== | ===[[name::Mary]] [[name::DORMER]], [[personal title::Countess of Carnarvon]] [[date of birth::1655]]-[[date of death::1709]]=== | ||
[[file:P1120397(3).JPG|thumb|Bookplate of Mary Dormer (British Museum Franks Collection *42)]] | [[file:P1120397(3).JPG|thumb|Bookplate of Mary Dormer (British Museum Franks Collection *42)]] | ||
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====Biographical Note==== | ====Biographical Note==== | ||
Daughter of [[family::Montagu Bertie]], 2nd Earl of Lindsay. She married, as his second wife, [[family::Charles Dormer]], 2nd Earl of Carnarvon; they had no children. | Daughter of [[family::Montagu Bertie]], 2nd Earl of Lindsay. She married, as his second wife, [[family::Charles Dormer]], 2nd Earl of Carnarvon; they had no children. | ||
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A number of books survive using one of several 'MC' coronetted binding stamps. She also used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks *42); the extent and disposition of her library are not known. | A number of books survive using one of several 'MC' coronetted binding stamps. She also used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks *42); the extent and disposition of her library are not known. | ||
Revision as of 11:28, 1 March 2023
Mary DORMER, Countess of Carnarvon 1655-1709
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Biographical Note
Daughter of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsay. She married, as his second wife, Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon; they had no children.
Books
A number of books survive using one of several 'MC' coronetted binding stamps. She also used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks *42); the extent and disposition of her library are not known.
Characteristic Markings
Her books are sometimes inscribed with her name "M Carnarvon", and a date of acquisition.
Sources
- British Armorial Bindings.
- Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon, Wikipedia.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.