Mary Alcock

Mary Alcock
Title page Mary Alcock Poems 1799
Title page of Mary Cumberland Alcock's Poems, &c. &c. Ed. Joanna Hughes (London : C. Dilly, 1799) (Internet Archive)
BornMary Cumberland
c. 1742
Stanwick, Northamptonshire
Died1798, 57 yrs.
Northamptonshire
Occupationwriter
Notable workPoems … by the Late Mrs Mary Alcock Ed. Joanna Hughes (London: C. Dilly, 1799)
SpouseAlexander Alcock
RelativesJoanna Bentley (1704/5–1775) (mother); Denison Cumberland (1705/6–1774) (father); Richard Bentley (grandfather); Richard Cumberland (brother)

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Mary Alcock (née Cumberland, c. 1742 – 1798) was an English poet, essayist, and philanthropist. She was part of Lady Anne Miller's literary circle in Bath.