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Nata Mary Anne Thompson , divenne l'amante del Duca nel 1803 quando era comandante in capo dell'esercito britannico. Nel 1809 scoppiò uno scandalo nazionale quando si scoprì che aveva venduto commissioni militari. Il duca è costretto a dimettersi, ma in seguito viene esonerato dalla responsabilità. MA Clarke è stata citata in giudizio per ...
4 de jun. de 2022 · Mary Anne Thompson was born in London on 3 April 1776, the daughter of a tradesman. Before she was 18 she married a stonemason called Clarke. Shortly after they married he became bankrupt and she left him, but was pregnant and gave birth to Ellen. Ellen went on to marry Louis -Mathurin Busson du Maurier. They had a son George du Maurier (1834 ...
In the first quarter of 1809, public attention was distracted from the recent British military humiliation in Spain by the scandal of the alleged involvement of the duke of York, the king’s second son and commander-in-chief of the army, in the sale of commissions by his former mistress, Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke. After an open Commons inquiry ...
16 de ago. de 2012 · Clarke, Mary Anne Thompson, 1776-1852, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827 Publisher London, published by T. Kelly Collection library_of_congress; americana Contributor The Library of Congress Language English
This portrait. Mary Anne Clarke is best remembered for her central role in the 1809 scandal involving the sale of army commissions which forced the Duke of York's resignation as army commander-in-chief. In this miniature on ivory she appears as the Duke's mistress and her shapely form and pale skin are shown to advantage by a thin muslin gown.
28 de mar. de 2012 · A novel, quite openly based on actual historical records relating to Miss du Maurier's great, great grandmother, Mary Anne Clarke. It is made to order material for a colorful period novel, a sort of feminine rake's progress, in which the reader's sympathies are patently enlisted on the side of Mary Anne despite her record. From an insecure slum childhood, when she had to trick her elders in ...
Biography. Mary Anne (Farquhar) Clarke was born 3 April 1776 in London, England and she passed away at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France on 21 June 1852, according to the Dictionary of National Biography (1887). Mary Anne Clarke is remembered chiefly for three things: Her love affair with The Duke of York and second-eldest son of King George III, Prince ...
