… to Hester Pitt, Lady Chatham. Chatham Papers, The National Archives, Kew. PRO 30/8/22 (part 2). Résumé As a bluestocking hostess, Frances Boscawen (1719-1805) is often mentioned in connection with Elizabeth Montagu or Elizabeth Vesey, … important than literature or the arts. After having been widowed, however, Frances Boscawen strengthened her bluestocking connections, entertaining in London as well as in the country . People > Aristocracy People > Art and Literature Mots-clés Bluestockings Conversation Correspondence Politics Women Born in 1719, Frances Evelyn Glanville was a distant relative of diarist …