Mary Vincent

Background

Although English born, she was the daughter of an Irishman named Farlin. Left an orphan at an early age, she turned to the stage, making her first appearance in 1834 as Lucy in The Review, at Cowes, Isle of Wight.

Career

In 1846, the then Mrs Vincent went to America to join the stock company of the old National Theatre in Boston, where she became a great favourite. The National Theatre burned in 1852, and thenceforth, until her death, on 4th of September 1887, Mistress Vincent was connected with the company at the Boston Museum (see New International Encyclopedia).

Her memory is still honoured by the, founded in Boston in 1890 by popular subscription, and which was formally opened on April 6, 1891, by Bishop Phillips Brooks, as a hospital for wage-earning women and girls.

The hospital is now part of Massachusetts General Hospital.

Achievements

• No actress in America, except Mrs Gilbert, has ever been such "a dear old lady" to so wide a circle of constant admirers. Her memory is honoured by the Vincent Memorial Hospital, founded in that city in 1890 by popular subscription, and formally opened on the 6th of April 1891, by Bishop Phillips Brooks, as a hospital for wage-earning women and girls.

Connections

Father:

Farlin

Spouse:

James R. Vincent