The Female Coterie

The Female Coterie

The Female Coterie was the title given to a group of "ladies of quality" which met at Almack's Assembly Rooms in 18th century London. Horace Walpole described their activities as meeting every morning "either to play cards, chat or do whatever else they please".^[1] Dinner and supper were provided, followed by loo. The founding members were Mrs Fitzroy, Lady Pembroke, Mrs Meynell, Lady Molyneux, Miss Pelham and Miss Lloyd.^[2]

The New Female Coterie

The New Female Coterie was founded by Caroline, Countess of Harrington who had been blackballed by the founders of the original Female Coterie. This group of demimondaines, which included Seymour Dorothy Fleming, met in a brothel owned by Sarah Pendergast.

References

1. Chancellor, E. Beresford (1922). Memorials of St James's Street together with the Annals of Almack's. London.
2. Rubenhold (2008) 175-176

• Rubenhold, Hallie (2008). "The New Female Coterie". Lady Worsley's Whim. London: Vintage Books. pp. 171–183.