Catherine West, née Bartlett, correspondent, was the wife of the theologian and critic Gilbert West (1703-1756), they married (1729) and lived at West Wickham in Kent. Her brief correspondence with Montagu consists of 6 letters to her, between 1751 and 1753, discussing mutual friends such as Lord Lyttelton (1709-1773 , as well as Gilbert West's connections in the book trade, such as Robert Dodsley (1704-1764). Only one letter survives by Montagu addressed to Catherine West, in 1751, as shared addressee with her husband. West died in 1757, presumably at her home in West Wickham.