Grace Elliott

Grace Elliott
Portrait of Grace Elliott by Thomas Gainsborough, circa 1778 (in the Frick Collection)
Born	Grace Dalrymple c. 1754 Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	16 May 1823(1823-05-16) (aged 68–69) Ville d'Avray, France
Burial place	Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
Nationality	Scottish
Occupation(s)	Writer, courtesan, spy
Known for	mistress of the Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
Notable work	Journal of my life during the French Revolution
Spouse	Sir John Eliot (divorced)
Children	Georgina Seymour
Parent(s)	Grisel Craw (mother) Hew Dalrymple (father)

Grace Dalrymple Elliott (c. 1754 – 16 May 1823) was a Scottish courtesan, writer and spy resident in Paris during the French Revolution. She was an eyewitness to events detailed in her memoirs, Journal of my life during the French Revolution (Ma Vie sous la Révolution) published posthumously in 1859.^[1][2] She was mistress to the Duke of Orléans and to the future George IV, by whom she is said to have borne an illegitimate daughter. Elliott trafficked correspondence and hid French aristocrats escaping from the French Revolution. She was arrested several times but managed to avoid the guillotine, and was released after the death of Robespierre.