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Frances Thynne, Lady Worsley

Frances Thynne, Lady Worsley (née Thynne, 1673 – 1750) was an English noblewoman connected to several poets of the Augustan era.

The Honourable
Lady Worsley
Portrait by Charles Jervas
Personal details
BornFrances Thynne, 1673
Died1750
SpouseSir Robert Worsley, 4th Baronet
ChildrenFrances, Lady Carteret
Parent(s)Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth
Frances Finch

She was one of three children of Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth, and his wife Frances, née Finch.[1]

In 1690 she married Sir Robert Worsley, 4th baronet. They had one daughter, Frances, Lady Carteret.[2] They lived at Appuldurcome House, Isle of Wight, which Sir Robert began rebuilding in 1702.

Poetic connections

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Frances, Lady Worsley by Godfrey Kneller

Lady Worsley's maternal aunt was Anne Finch, who wrote poems about her and her siblings.[3] She held a long-running correspondence with Finch and with Jonathan Swift, who held her in high regard.[4][5] Her daughter Frances would continue this friendship with Swift. Alexander Pope's poem 'Epistle to Mr Jervas' contains the line 'Other beauties envy Worsley's eyes,' referring to Lady Frances Worsley. However, this compliment was originally intended for Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and was changed to Worsley after Lady Mary and the poet had quarrelled.[6]

 
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References

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  1. ^ Cokayne, G.E., ed. (1910–1959). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant. Vol. 12. p. 587.
  2. ^ Barker, George Fisher Russell (1893). "Carteret, John" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 09. pp. 210–215.
  3. ^ Kennedy, Deborah (2013). Poetic Sisters: Early Eighteenth-century Women Poets. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-61148-485-4.
  4. ^ Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch Countess of (1998). The Anne Finch Wellesley Manuscript Poems. University of Georgia Press. pp. xxxi–xxxiv. ISBN 978-0-8203-1995-7.
  5. ^ Swift, Jonathan (1803). The Works. J. Johnson. p. 44.
  6. ^ Halsband, Robert (1953). "Pope, Lady Mary, and the Court Poems (1716)". PMLA. 68 (1): 237–250. doi:10.2307/459918. ISSN 0030-8129. JSTOR 459918.
  7. ^ Burke, Sir Bernard, (1938 ed) Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Shaw, London. p. 243
  8. ^ a b c Woodfall, H. (1768). The Peerage of England; Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the Peers of that Kingdom Etc. Fourth Edition, Carefully Corrected, and Continued to the Present Time, Volume 6. p. 258.
  9. ^ a b Lee, Sidney; Edwards, A. S. G. (revised) (2004). "Thynne, William (d. 1546)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27426. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. ^ Girouard, Mark, Thynne, Sir John (1515–1580), estate manager and builder of Longleat in Oxford Dictionary of Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
  11. ^ Booth, Muriel. "Thynne, John (?1550–1604), of Longleat, Wilt". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  12. ^ Lancaster, Henry; Thrush, Andrew. "Thynne, Charles (c.1568–1652), of Cheddar, So". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  13. ^ Pugh, R. B.; Crittall, Elizabeth, eds. (1957). "Parliamentary history: 1529–1629". A History of the County of Wiltshire. Vol. 5. London: Victoria County History – via British History Online.
  14. ^ Ferris, John P. "Thynne, Sir James (c.1605-70), of Longbridge Deverill, Wilt". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  15. ^ Helms, M. W.; Ferris, John P. "Thynne, Sir Thomas (c.1610–c.69), of Richmond, Sur". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  16. ^ Marshall, Alan (2008) [2004]. "Thynne, Thomas [nicknamed Tom of Ten Thousand] (1647/8–1682)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27423. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  17. ^ Heath-Caldwell, J. J. "Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, 3rd Viscount Weymouth". JJ Heath-Caldwell. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  18. ^ Hayton, D. W. "Thynne, Hon. Henry (1675-1708)". The History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  19. ^ Dunaway, Stewart (2013). Lord John Carteret, Earl Granville: His Life History and the Granville Grants. Lulu. p. 33. ISBN 9781300878070.
  20. ^ "Bath, Thomas Thynne". Encyclopedia Britannica 1911. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  21. ^ Thorne, Roland. "Carteret [formerly Thynne], Henry Frederick". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  22. ^ "Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765–1837)". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  23. ^ Escott, Margaret. "Thynne, Lord Henry Frederick (1797-1837), of 6 Grovesnor Square, Md". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  24. ^ "John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath (1831-1896), Diplomat and landowner". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
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