Matilda Tone was the wife of the executed Irish republican leader Theobald Wolfe Tone and, from exile in the United States, was instrumental in the preservation and publication of his papers.
12 Facts About Matilda Tone
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Matilda Tone was the eldest daughter of merchant William Witherington and his wife Catherine.
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Matilda Tone's mother was a housekeeper to her father after he was widowed.
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Matilda Tone was still a student in Trinity College Dublin, and it was he that renamed her Matilda.
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Matilda Tone was followed by a son, Richard, who was named for their neighbour Richard Griffith, who died in infancy.
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Matilda Tone stayed with her husband's family while he was studying for the bar in London from 1787 to 1788.
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Matilda Tone was awarded a pension of 1,200 francs for herself and 400 for each of her children after the rupture of the peace of Amiens on 18 May 1803.
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When William entered the Cavalry School at Saint-Germain-en-Laye in November 1810 as a cadet, Matilda Tone moved to be close to him, living at the Hotel de la Surintendance.
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Matilda Tone lived there until her death, and called herself Matilda Tone-Wilson.
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Matilda Tone added a memoir of her own life in Paris following his death in 1798.
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William Matilda Tone died in 1828, after which Matilda Tone lived more privately.
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Matilda Tone was initially buried near William Tone at Marbury burying-ground, Georgetown.