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Her daughter Margaret (born c. 1761) perished after jumping from a window to elope sometime around 1790 (though she was ironically unharmed jumping from the window in the 1774 house fire in New York).
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in New Bern, which they had built as the official residence for the Governor of North Carolina. They left New Bern in 1771, when her husband was appointed the
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named after her. She was known for her interest in military strategy, which was controversial for upper-class women of her time.
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Wake was described as an "accomplished" and "learned" woman who had a talent for playing the organ and
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from 1742 to 1750. Her mother, Elizabeth Elwin Wake of Thurning Hall, was from a prominent
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Wake is portrayed by Melanie Gray in the fourth season of the British television series
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to Penelope and William Pennington, which at that time was being rented by
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William Tryon and the Course of Empire: A Life in British Imperial Service
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Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 5, P-S
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London
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
William Tryon
William Wake
William Tryon
Colonial Governor
North Carolina
Colonial Governor
New York
Wake County
North Carolina
women
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Virginia Dare
North Carolinian county
genteel
William Wake
East India Company
Governor of Bombay
Norfolk
Hanover Square, Westminster
William Tryon
Norbury Park
1st Regiment of Foot Guards
Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers
Upper Grosvenor Street
Province of North Carolina
Cape Fear River
Wilmington

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