Frances Thynne, Lady Worsley

The Honourable
Lady Worsley
Portrait by Charles Jervas
Personal details
BornFrances Thynne, 1673
Died1750
SpouseSir Robert Worsley, 4th Baronet
ChildrenFrances, Lady Carteret
Parent(s)Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth
Frances Finch

Frances Thynne, Lady Worsley (née Thynne, 1673 – 1750) was an English noblewoman connected to several poets of the Augustan era.

She was one of three children of Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth, and his wife Frances, née Finch.[1]

In 1690 she married Sir Robert Worsley, 4th baronet. They had one daughter, Frances, Lady Carteret.[2] They lived at Appuldurcome House, Isle of Wight, which Sir Robert began rebuilding in 1702.

  1. ^ Cokayne, G.E., ed. (1910–1959). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant. Vol. 12. p. 587.
  2. ^ Barker, George Fisher Russell (1893). "Carteret, John" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 09. pp. 210–215.