page_title: Dolly Pentreath
hierarchical_section_title: Dolly Pentreath
caption_attribution_description: English: Engraved portrait of Dorothy Pentreath, otherwise Dolly Pentreath, of Paul near Mousehole, Cornwall (c. 1692-1777)
context_page_description: Dorothy Pentreath, known as Dolly, was the last known native speaker of the Cornish language. She is also the best-known of the last fluent speakers of Cornish.
context_section_description: Dorothy Pentreath (16 May 1692 [baptised] – 26 December 1777), known as Dolly, was the last known native speaker of the Cornish language. She is also the best-known of the last fluent speakers of Cornish.
caption: Pentreath in an engraved portrait of 1781
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