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Montagu (MRS ELIZABETH ROBINSON)

MRS. (ELIZABETH ROBINSON), an English social leader; born in York, England, Oct. 2, 1720. She married Edward Montagu, grandson of the 1st Earl of Sandwich. Her residence in Portman Square was the meeting place of the celebrated "Blue-Stocking Club" (origin of this famous term). Among her visitors and associates were Burke, wrote three of Lord Lyttelton's "Diawrote three of Lord Lyttelton's "Diaters" (1809). She died in London, Aug. logues of the Dead" (4th ed. 1765); "Let- 25, 1800.