Anna Maria Crouch

Articled to Thomas Linley, she made her debut at Drury Lane theatre in 1780 as Mandane in Thomas Arne's Artaxerxes, and became a principal in the regular company of the theatre under the management of Sheridan and Linley.

In 1787, her stage partnership began with the Irish actor and singer, Michael Kelly, on his arrival in London with Stephen and Nancy Storace from the Viennese court.

However, this did not prevent her from entering into an affair with the Prince of Wales, occurring while he was living with Maria Anne Fitzherbert.

Following her marital separation from Crouch in 1791, her domestic partnership with Michael Kelly became generally known.

She is buried at St Nicholas Of Myra Church, Brighton, where a monument provided by Michael Kelly[2] commemorates her.