<P> As a member of the Whig Kit - Kat Club, Congreve's career shifted to the political sector, and even a political appointment in Jamaica in 1714 by George I. Congreve continued to write, although his style changed greatly . During his time in Jamaica, he wrote poetry instead of full length dramatic productions, and translated the works of Homer, Juvenal, Ovid, and Horace . </P> <P> Congreve withdrew from the theatre and lived the rest of his life on residuals from his early work, the royalties received when his plays were produced, as well as his private income . His output from 1700 was restricted to the occasional poem and some translation (notably Molière's Monsieur de Pourceaugnac). Congreve never married; in his own era and through subsequent generations, he was famous for his friendships with prominent actresses and noblewomen for whom he wrote major parts in all his plays. These women included Anne Bracegirdle and Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough, daughter of the famous general, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough . Congreve and Henrietta probably met by 1703 and the duchess had a daughter, Mary (1723--1764), who was believed to be his child . Upon his death, he left his entire fortune to the Duchess of Marlborough . </P> <P> As early as 1710, he suffered both from gout and from cataracts on his eyes . Congreve suffered a carriage accident in late September 1728, from which he never recovered (having probably received an internal injury); he died in London in January 1729, and was buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wikiquote has quotations related to: William Congreve </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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