Peggy Granville
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| Portrayed by (Thalissa Teixeira) | |
| Full Name | Mrs. Peggy Granville |
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| Associated Noble House(s) | N/A |
| Date of Birth | 1771-1799 |
| Father | John Mason |
| Father's Rank | Gardener at Granville Hall |
| Mother | Sarah Mason (nee Brown) |
| Mother's Rank | Housewife (ex-undercook) |
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| Year of Marriage | 1792 |
| Spouse | Aeneas Granville |
| Spouse's Rank | Lawyer, baronet's son |
| Issue | Isabella Granville (1793) |
Peggy Granville is the daughter of John Mason, a gardener at Granville Park in Nottinghamshire. Her ancestors were originally plantation slaves in Barbados, brought back to England and freed in order to work as the family's servants. Peggy herself went into service as a housemaid. When she grew up, she attracted the attention of the family's younger son, Aeneas Granville. Although she tried to resist his advances, she was eventually seduced by him. Upon falling pregnant, she told him of the fact and managed to persuade the infatuated young man to marry her. Following this, they were cut off by both sets of parents. Peggy moved to London with Aeneas where she kept house for him while he tried to find work on his own as a lawyer. Their daughter, Isabella, was born soon afterwards. Peggy loved her daughter very much and tried to look after her as best she could, but after Aeneas died, she was left destitute. Nobody would hire a housemaid with a child, after all. She fell into prostitution and illness and died in 1799, just after being reunited with her father and in a position to give Isabella up into the hands of her Granville grandparents.