Dorothea Gregory (baptised 4 June 1754, died 7 July 1830) was the Lady's companion to the leading intellectual Elizabeth Montagu for a decade.

In writing this work, John Gregory would have been influenced by the celebrated bluestocking Elizabeth Montagu.

Dorothea, her father and her sister had visited Elizabeth Montagu's house in Northumberland in 1766.

[2] The arrangement was mutually satisfactory as Dorothea took on jobs for Montagu like driving the carriage and being her confidante.

[2] Gregory met a curate named Archibald Alison who was a college friend of her brother Rev.

He was promised a living at Sudborough by Sir William Pulteney but this failed to happen promptly.