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In 1809, Mary Anne Clarke served as a key player in an investigation against her former lover, the Duke of York. She testified before the House of Commons that the Duke, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, did not provide her with enough financial support and allowed her to accept bribes for commissions in the army.
Mary Anne Clarke has a double or "data doppelganger" whose records may easily be conflated with her own, one Mary Anne (Kenney) Thompson (1776 - 1852) of Chatham, Kent, the wife of Charles Thompson. Mary Ann Thompson in the London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003
24 de feb. de 2024 · 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.
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
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 ...
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