Lady Anne Culling Smith (''née'' Wellesley, previously FitzRoy; 13 March 1768 - 16 December 1844) was the sister of

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. She was born Lady Anne Wesley, the only daughter of

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, and Anne Hill, daughter of Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon. On 7 January 1790 she married Henry FitzRoy, son of the first Baron Southampton and Anne Warren, the daughter and co-heir of Peter Warren (Royal Navy officer) and a descendant of the Schuyler family, the Van Cortlandt family, and the Delancey family, all from British North America. They had two daughters: * Anne Caroline Fitzroy, died 16 December 1835 * Georgiana Frederica Fitzroy (3 October 1792 – 11 May 1821), married 25 July 1814 Henry Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, with two daughters. FitzRoy died on 19 March 1794 in Lisbon due to consumption. Anne's brother Henry came down to Lisbon to bring her back to England. However, on their way back, their ship was captured by a French frigate and the siblings were taken prisoners. In January 1795, Anne was freed. Anne remarried on 2 August 1799 to Charles Culling Smith, having two more children: * Emily Frances Smith (3 March 1800 – 2 October 1889), married 29 June 1822 her half-sister's widower Lord Worcester, who succeeded his father as 7th Duke of Beaufort in 1835. They had one son and six daughters. * Frederick William Culling Smith (died 19 June 1828), a godson of

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. He was made a

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on 13 March 1812 and commissioned as a Cornet in the

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on 22 April 1819. He transferred into the

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as an

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on 18 January 1820 and reached the rank of

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in that regiment before promotion to the Royal Horse Guards as a Captain on 2 January 1823. On 1 August 1826 he was promoted to the rank of Major of Infantry on the unattached list, and joined the

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on 17 January 1828. He died at Malta later that year, aged twenty-six. On 25 July 1814 Lady Anne's daughter Georgiana Frederica FitzRoy (born 3 October 1792) married Henry Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, who had served the Duke of Wellington as an aide-de-camp during the

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. Lady Worcester was Wellington's favourite niece, and her death in great pain ("I did not know death could hurt so much") on 11 May 1821 was a great blow to him and all her friends. On 29 June 1822 Lord Worcester married Lady Anne's other daughter Emily Frances (born 3 March 1800), greatly to the annoyance of Wellington, who was never close to his sister afterwards. On 23 November 1835, Emily Frances became Duchess of Beaufort. Lady Anne Culling Smith died on 16 December 1844, at Hampton Court.''

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'', vol. XXIII (1845
p. 108

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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 ...

Women of the Regency era