The Baroness Carteret | |
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Viceregal-Consort of Ireland | |
In office 6 May 1724 – 23 June 1730 | |
Monarchs | George I George II |
Preceded by | Lady Henrietta Somerset |
Succeeded by | Elizabeth Sackville, Duchess of Dorset |
Personal details | |
Born | Frances Worsley, 1694 |
Died | 20 Jun 1743 |
Spouse | John Carteret, 2nd Baron Carteret (m. 1710) |
Children | Louisa Grace Georgiana George Frances Robert Carteret, 3rd Earl Granville |
Parent(s) | Sir Robert Worsley, 4th Baronet Frances Thynne, Lady Worsley |
Frances Carteret, Lady Carteret (née Worsley, 1694 – 1743) was an English noblewoman who served as the vicereine of Ireland. Known as a popular hostess, she was the subject of poetry by Jonathan Swift and Patrick Delany.