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Hester Thrale
Welsh writer and socialite (1740/1741–1821)
For this subject's daughter "Queeney", see Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith.
Hester Thrale | |
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Thrale in 1786 | |
| Born | Hester Lynch Salusbury (1741-01-27)27 January 1741 Caernarvonshire, Wales |
| Died | 2 May 1821(1821-05-02) (aged 80) Clifton, Bristol |
| Other names | Hester Salusbury, Hester Piozzi |
| Spouses | Gabriel Mario Piozzi (m. 1784) |
Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi (née Salusbury; 27 January 1741 or 16 January 1740 – 2 May 1821)[Note 1] was a Welsh writer and socialite who was an important source on Samuel Johnson and 18th-century British life.
She belonged to the prominent Salusbury family of Anglo-Welsh landowners, and married firstly a wealthy brewer, Henry Thrale, with whom she had 12 children, then a music teacher, Gabriel Mario Piozzi. Her Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson (1786) and her diary Thraliana, publ