Mary Hamilton (bigamist)

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Mary Hamilton was the subject of a notorious 18th century case of bigamy and female transvestism, in which Hamilton, under the name of Charles, duped another woman into marriage.

A fictionalised version of the story, "The Female Husband", was published in 1746 as an anonymous pamphlet by Henry Fielding.

The story was also the subject of a BBC Radio 4 play of the same name, starring comedian Sandi Toksvig.

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• Baker, Sheridan, 'Henry Fielding's the Female Husband: Fact and Fiction', Proceedings of the Modern Language Association, Vol. 74, No. 3 (Jun., 1959), pp. 213-224