Hannah Northcote (''née'' Coley) (c. 1761 – 9 September 1831) was an

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silversmith. Northcote was the daughter of

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maker Simeon Coley; at his death, on 22 June 1798, she was named among his heirs, along with two sisters and a brother. She married the spoonmaker Thomas Northcote on 12 January 1788; after his death, she became a goldsmith, registering her first mark on 6 June 1798. A second mark followed on 3 December 1799. At on time she lived in Barkley Street,

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, but by March 1800 she had moved to 9 Cross Street,

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. At her death she was interred in

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, where a monument was raised in her honor. Numerous pieces by Northcote have survived. A George III

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stand by her, dated to 1809, is owned by the

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