Margaret Martyr or Margaret Thornton (1762 â€" 7 June 1807) was a
British singer and actress.Martyr's parents were living in London when
she was born in 1762.She came to notice in 1778 when she was singing
songs by James Hook in Vauxhall Gardens. She was Hook's pupil and she
sang there each summer until 1780. She moved to singing Ballad opera
and appeared in Love in a Village at the Covent Garden Theatre in
1779.She married Captain Martyr and they had a daughter. Her husband
spent too much and died in 1783 - probably in Calais where he was
escaping his debts. Martyr consoled herself with the prompter, James
Wild, before establishing a lifelong partnership with the oboist
William Thomas Parke. They had two sons but they never married.
British singer and actress.Martyr's parents were living in London when
she was born in 1762.She came to notice in 1778 when she was singing
songs by James Hook in Vauxhall Gardens. She was Hook's pupil and she
sang there each summer until 1780. She moved to singing Ballad opera
and appeared in Love in a Village at the Covent Garden Theatre in
1779.She married Captain Martyr and they had a daughter. Her husband
spent too much and died in 1783 - probably in Calais where he was
escaping his debts. Martyr consoled herself with the prompter, James
Wild, before establishing a lifelong partnership with the oboist
William Thomas Parke. They had two sons but they never married.
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