Mary Linley

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"The Linley Sisters", by Thomas Gainsborough (Dulwich Picture Gallery) - Mary (sitting, right), with her elder sister Elizabeth.
"The Linley Sisters", by Thomas Gainsborough (Dulwich Picture Gallery) - Mary (sitting, right), with her elder sister Elizabeth.

Mary Linley (1758-1787) was one of 7 musical siblings born to Thomas Linley the elder and his wife Mary Johnson. She sang publicly until she married the playwright Richard Tickell in 1780.