Frances Caroline Wedderburn-Webster

Lady Frances Caroline Wedderburn-Webster (née Annesley; 1793-1837) was the daughter of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris and Sarah, daughter of Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet.[1][2]

Reputedly Lord Byron and the Duke of Wellington were among her lovers, although neither of these affairs may have gone beyond flirtation.[3] On hearing of her affair with Wellington a jealous Byron penned a poem entitled "When We Two Parted".[4][5]

Family

On 10 October 1810 Frances married James Wedderburn-Webster,[6] known as "Bold" Webster. They had five children:

Notes

  1. Frances was heavily pregnant with a child, which was christened Charles Byron, when she attended the Duchess of Richmond's ball and sat next to the Duke of Wellington.
  1. Lundy 2014a, p. 59843 § 598429 cites Mosley 2003, p. 3976
  2. Lundy 2014b, p. 25515 § 255142 cites Mosley 2003, p. 4095
  3. Byron & Marchand 1976, p. 28.
  4. MacCarthy 2014, pp. 327.
  5. Brinkley & Hanley 1992, pp. 191–192.
  6. Lodge 1839, p. 358.
  7. 1 2 Wedderburn 1898, p. 335.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Wedderburn 1898, p. 334.

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