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MRS. SUSANNA (1667-1723).-Dramatist and actress, was the _dau._ of a gentleman of the name of either Rawkins or Freeman, who appears to have belonged either to Lincolnshire or Ireland, or was perhaps connected with both, and who suffered at the hands of the Stuarts. She _m._ at 16, lost her husband in a year, then _m._ an officer, who fell in a duel in 18 months, and finally, in 1706, _m._ Joseph C., cook to Queen Anne, with whom she lived happily for the rest of her days. She wrote 18 or 19 plays, well constructed and amusing, among which may be mentioned _The Perjured Husband_ (1700), _The Busybody_ (1709), _The Warder_ (1714), and _A Bold Stroke for a Wife_ (1717). She was a strong Whig, and sometimes made her plays the medium of expressing her political opinions.