Dancer

Mary Campion

British singer and dancer

Born 1687Died 1706United Kingdom

Mary Campion was a British dancer, born in 1687, who died in 1706.

Biography

Mary Campion or Mary Anne Campion (1687 – 19 May 1706) was a successful English singer and dancer whilst still a child. She gave this up to be the mistress of the elderly William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire. After she died in 1706 the Duke paid for an extravagant tomb but did not attend the funeral.

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