Mary Granville, later MD
, was married in the chapel at Longleat House, Wiltshire, to Alexander Pendarves
, a boorish sixty-year-old squire whom her uncle Lord Lansdowne
wanted as a political ally.
Hayden, Ruth. Mrs. Delany: Her Life and Her Flowers. British Museum, 1986.
23-4
Family and Intimate relationships
Mary Delany
MD
's first marriage ended with the death of her husband, Alexander Pendarves
.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Hayden, Ruth. Mrs. Delany: Her Life and Her Flowers. British Museum, 1986.
