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Grace Elliott

1754 - 1823

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Grace Dalrymple Elliott (c. 1754 – 16 May 1823) was a Scottish courtesan, writer and spy resident in Paris during the French Revolution. She was an eyewitness to events detailed in her memoirs, Journal of my life during the French Revolution (Ma Vie sous la Révolution) published posthumously in 1859. She was mistress, first to the future George IV, by whom she is said to have borne an illegitimate daughter, and then to the Duke of Orléans. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grace Elliott is the 4,447th most popular writer (down from 3,409th in 2019), the 3,509th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,446th in 2019) and the 385th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Grace Elliott ranks 4,447 out of 7,302. Before her are Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Joe Eszterhas, Justine Siegemund, Nicholas Pileggi, Yōko Ogawa, and Vladislav Khodasevich. After her are Alexander Odoevsky, Peter Carey, Hanna Krall, Margarita Aliger, Alaiza Pashkevich, and Diane Disney Miller.

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Among people born in 1754, Grace Elliott ranks 48. Before her are José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Hipólito Ruiz López, Banastre Tarleton, Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, Ivan Martos, and Anna Maria Lenngren. After her are Vincenzo Monti, George Crabbe, Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venadito, Juan Meléndez Valdés, Alexander Shishkov, and Archibald Menzies. Among people deceased in 1823, Grace Elliott ranks 28. Before her are Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, Zacharias Werner, William Playfair, Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen, Henry Raeburn, and Antonio Nariño. After her are Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, Aaron Arrowsmith, Johann Baptist Allgaier, Erik Johan Stagnelius, John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, and Daniel Steibelt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Grace Elliott ranks 3,510 out of 8,785. Before her are Henry Edward Manning (1808), Jon Pertwee (1919), Jeremy Northam (1961), Samson of Dol (490), William Nicol (1770), and Alex Kingston (1963). After her are Trevor Francis (1954), John Scott Haldane (1860), Ol Parker (1969), Edward Woodward (1930), Marcus Rashford (1997), and Geoff Emerick (1945).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Grace Elliott ranks 385. Before her are John Lyly (1554), I. A. Richards (1893), Robert Greene (1558), Minette Walters (1949), Rosemary Sutcliff (1920), and Anita Brookner (1928). After her are Michael Morpurgo (1943), John Stott (1921), Anne Bradstreet (1612), Robert Edmond Grant (1793), Grace Aguilar (1816), and Winston Graham (1908).

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