Anne FitzPatrick, Countess of Upper Ossory (née Liddell, also known as Anne FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton; c. 1737 – 1804) was an English noblewoman and the first wife of
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton. Grafton divorced her while serving as
prime minister
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. She was a noted correspondent of
Horace Walpole
Horatio Walpole (), 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and Whigs (British political party), Whig politician.
He had Strawb ...
.
Life
Anne Fitzpatrick (previously Fitzroy Liddell) was born in 1737 or 1738 in
Derby
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to Anne and
Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth
Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth (1708 – 30 January 1784) succeeded to the Baronetcy of Ravensworth Castle, and to the family estates and mining interests, at the age of fifteen, on the death of his grandfather in 1723. He was created 1s ...
.
She firstly married
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton on 29 January 1756, at her father's house in St James's Square, by special licence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The marriage was witnessed by Lord Ravensworth and
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Earl of Hertford. Together they had three children.
* Lady Georgiana FitzRoy (8 May 1757 – 18 January 1799), who married
John Smyth (12 February 1748 – 12 February 1811) on 4 June 1778.
*
George Henry FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
George Henry FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, KG (14 January 1760 – 28 September 1844), styled Earl of Euston until 1811, was a British peer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1782 to 1811 when he succeeded to the Duked ...
(1760–1844).
* General
Lord Charles FitzRoy (14 July 1764 – 20 December 1829), who married, firstly, Frances Mundy (1773 – 9 August 1797) on 20 June 1795, and had one son. He married, secondly, Lady Frances Stewart (24 June 1777 – 9 February 1810) on 10 March 1799 and had three children. His sons
Sir Charles FitzRoy (1796–1858), governor of
New South Wales
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, and
Robert FitzRoy
Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) was an English officer of the Royal Navy and a scientist. He achieved lasting fame as the captain of during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, FitzRoy's second expedition to Tierra de ...
, the hydrographer, were notable for their achievements.
In 1761 she sent a silhouette that
Jean Huber
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Biography
Huber was ...
had created of her and her daughter to
Horace Walpole
Horatio Walpole (), 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and Whigs (British political party), Whig politician.
He had Strawb ...
. This letter was to be the start of a correspondence of 455 letters between herself and Walpole.
After the Duchess had become pregnant by her lover,
John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory
John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory FRS DL (2 May 1745 – 13 February 1818), styled 'Lord Gowran' from 1751 to 1758, was an Irish peer and member of parliament.
Biography
John FitzPatrick was born on 2 May 1745, the son of John FitzPa ...
, she and the Duke were divorced by Act of Parliament, passed 23 March 1769.
Three months later, on 24 June 1769, the Duke married Elizabeth Wrottesley (1 November 174525 May 1822), daughter of the
Reverend Sir Richard Wrottesley,
Dean of Worcester
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.
Anne married FitzPatrick in 1769 and they had two children.
* Lady Anne Fitzpatrick.
* Lady Gertrude Fitzpatrick.
Anne died at her house in
Grosvenor Square
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in 1804.
References
Sources
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External links
Fitzpatrick - Mac Giolla Phádraig Clan Society
1730s births
1804 deaths
18th-century English people
19th-century English people
18th-century English women
19th-century English women
Anne
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie.
Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...
Anne
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie.
Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...
Spouses of prime ministers of the United Kingdom
Grafton
Upper Ossory
Upper Ossory () was an administrative barony in the south and west of Queen's County (now County Laois) in Ireland. In late Gaelic Ireland it was the túath of the Mac Giolla Phádraig ( Fitzpatrick) family and a surviving remnant of the once ...
Daughters of barons
Liddell family
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