Hon. Frances Brooke

Hon. Frances Brooke (1640-c.1690) was a British courtier. She was styled Hon. Frances Brooke, and then Lady Frances Whitmore. She was granted the style of a daughter of a baron.^[1]

Frances was one of the Windsor Beauties, painted by Sir Peter Lely for Lady Anne Hyde.^[2] Her Daughter Frances was one of the Hampton Court Beauties.

Family

Her father was Sir William Brooke (1601–1643), and her mother was Penelope Hill ( -c.1694).

She first married Sir Thomas Whitmore ( -1682) (married some time before 1665). She then married Matthew Harvey ( -c.1693/94) (married some time after 1682).^[3]

Frances had three children with her first husband, Sir Thomas Whitmore:

Henrietta Whitmore.
Frances Whitmore (7 November 1666–1695).
Dorothy Whitmore (1668–1688).

References

^ http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/CobhamK1313.htm
^ Sir Peter Lely (1618-80), The Royal Collection
^ http://thepeerage.com/p1184.htm

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Name	Brooke, Frances
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Date of birth	1601
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Date of death	1690
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