Mary Frampton

Mary Frampton (1773–1846), was the English writer of a journal.

Life

Frampton was the daughter of James Frampton of Moreton, Dorsetshire, by his second wife Phillis, who had been previously married to Dr. Charlton Wollaston. Frampton died in 1784, but his widow survived until 1829, when she had reached her ninety-second year. She was evidently an accomplished person, with a wide circle of well-connected relations and friends. Mary Frampton during the earlier part of her life went with her parents to London once every two years, and was present at the Gordon riots, the Warren Hastings trial, and the thanksgiving service for the recovery of George III in 1789. About two years after her father's death she and her mother settled at Dorchester, and formed a centre for the society of the county. Her views were evidently those of a strong Tory. She was the sister of James Frampton (1769-1855), chiefly remembered for his role in the prosecution of the Tolpuddle Martyrs. She died, unmarried, on 12 November 1846.

Works

Frampton's Journal from the year 1779 until the year 1846, edited with notes by her niece, Harriot Georgina Mundy^[1], was published in 1885. It begins in 1803, prefaced by reminiscences from 1779, and incorporating a large correspondence from friends and acquaintances, together with much additional information supplied by the editor, Mundy, who died in January 1886. The whole forms an interesting picture of the times, and gives, in particular, a good deal of information about the court. The Framptons became acquainted with the family of George III during his frequent visits to Weymouth, and their correspondents supplied them with many stories about the prince regent and his relations with Mrs. Fitzherbert, Lady Jersey, and Caroline of Brunswick; also about the Princess Charlotte, whose governess, Mrs. Campbell, was a great friend of the Framptons. The book deals with public affairs and society talk, giving anecdotes about Mrs. Montagu, ‘Mary of Buttermere,’ Archbishop Sumner, Miss Edgeworth, Napoleon and his widow, the Empress Maria Louisa, Charles X of France, and Baron Stockmar, and touching upon events like the outbreak of the French revolution, the French invasion of Wales in 1797, the visit of the allied sovereigns to London in 1814, and the riots and Swing fires of 1830, which her brother James played a role in suppressing, notably at Winfrith Newburgh.

References

1. ^ The Journal of Mary Frampton on archive.org

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

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Name	Frampton, Mary
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Date of death	1846
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