This chapter assesses the life and legacy of Dolly Pentreath, often cited as the last speaker of Cornish with her death marking the moment the language became extinct. It considers the possible manipulation of her status as the ‘last’ speaker of Cornish and discusses how the information about her was mainly produced by men of a very different social class to her own. It examines the evidence of other contemporary speakers before moving to examine the correspondence between Fred W.P. Jago and Bernard Victor about Pentreath and her memorial. As part of a discussion regarding how Pentreath is remembered, the chapter looks at the events held to commemorate the centenary of her death and how she was portrayed in newspapers both at the time of her death and in the following century.