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Life Summary

Name	Mary Leman Grimstone
Alternative Names	Mary Gillies Mary Rede
Born	1796
Died	4 November, 1869 (aged ~ 73) London, Middlesex, England
Related Entries	[View as tree] Adey, Stephen (brother-in-law)
Occupation or Descriptor *	novelist (1825-1829) Tasmania, Australia poet (1825-1829) Tasmania, Australia

* Dates are approximate