Mary Osborne, Duchess of Leeds

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Lady Mary Godolphin 1723-August 3, 1764, daughter of Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough and Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin. Considered by some to be the love-child of the Duchess and William Congreve, who left his estate to the Duchess.

Mary married Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds, on June 26, 1740. They had one child, Francis Godolphin Osborne, styled Marquess of Carmarthen, who was later 5th Duke of Leeds and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, was born on January 29, 1751.

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• Lady Mary Godolphin is also a pseudonym used by the writer Lucy Aikin.