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===[[name::Mary]] [[name::DORMER]], [[personal Title::Countess of Carnarvon]] [[date of Birth::1655]]-[[date of Death::1709]]===
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===[[name::Mary]] [[name::DORMER]], [[personal title::Countess of Carnarvon]] [[date of birth::1655]]-[[date of death::1709]]===
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[[file:P1120397(3).JPG|thumb|thumb|200px|Bookplate of Mary Dormer (British Museum Franks Collection *42)]]
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[[File:DormerMary2.jpg| thumb |200px| Binding stamp of Mary Dormer (British Armorial Bindings)]]
 
====Biographical Note====
 
====Biographical Note====
Second wife of [[family::Charles Dormer]], [[personal Title::2nd Earl of Carnarvon]].
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Daughter of [[family::Montagu Bertie]], 2nd Earl of Lindsay. She married, as his second wife, [[family::Charles Dormer]], 2nd Earl of Carnarvon; they had no children. 
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[[File:DormerMary1.jpg|thumb|200px|Inscription of Mary Dormer. (Private Collection, E. Sparke, ''Scintilla altaris'', London, 1678)]]
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====Books====
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A number of books survive using one of several 'MC' coronetted binding stamps. She also used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks *42); the extent and disposition of her library are not known.
  
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====Characteristic Markings====
Books survive with her coronetted binding stamps.
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Her books are sometimes inscribed with her name "M Carnarvon", and a date of acquisition.
  
 
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*[https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/DOR001 British Armorial Bindings].
 
*[https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/DOR001 British Armorial Bindings].
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dormer,_2nd_Earl_of_Carnarvon Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon, Wikipedia].
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*Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903.
 
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Latest revision as of 11:49, 1 March 2023

Mary DORMER, Countess of Carnarvon 1655-1709

Bookplate of Mary Dormer (British Museum Franks Collection *42)
Binding stamp of Mary Dormer (British Armorial Bindings)

Biographical Note

Daughter of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsay. She married, as his second wife, Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon; they had no children.

Inscription of Mary Dormer. (Private Collection, E. Sparke, Scintilla altaris, London, 1678)

Books

A number of books survive using one of several 'MC' coronetted binding stamps. She also used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks *42); the extent and disposition of her library are not known.

Characteristic Markings

Her books are sometimes inscribed with her name "M Carnarvon", and a date of acquisition.

Sources