Frances Glanville Boscawen [ Aristocracy / Art and Literature ]
… she bought and renovated in her husband’s absence, 14 South Audley Street, would be the location for her London-based assemblies for the rest of her life. As an admiral’s wife, she could not possibly have kept out of political sociability. Her house was frequently filled with family members and navy acquaintances for dinners and assemblies, and thus provided opportunities for Boscawen to exert a form of social politics in the manner described by … of her life. She returned to her old London house at 14 South Audley Street, where she now hosted popular bluestocking assemblies ; her guests included Elizabeth Montagu, Dr Johnson, James Boswell, Joshua and Frances Reynolds, Elizabeth …
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