Mary West

(b. 1704, Cricket St Thomas, Somerset – d. Sept. 12, 1786, United Kingdom )

Gender: F

Mary (Molly) West (c.1704–1786), daughter of Richard West, prebendary of Winchester. In 1761 she married Alexander Hood (1726–1814), later Viscount Bridport, a naval officer and politician on 21 August 1758. Mary’s mother was Maria, daughter of Sir Richard Temple, connected to the Lyttelton and Grenville families. Lord Lyttelton gave away the bride. Mary was twenty years older than Hood, but the match proved a happy one and his genuine tenderness to this 'glorious girl' was touching’, ODNB. She was the sister of Gilbert West.

Also known as:

Mary West
Molly West

Mentioned in 10 letters

Title	EMCO ID
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Mary Anstey	800
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Frances Boscawen	868
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Mary Anstey	938
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Frances Boscawen	962
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley	972
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley	989
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley	1068
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley	1077
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley	1127
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Mary Robinson	1144

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