Anne FitzPatrick, Countess of Upper Ossory (née Liddell, also known as Anne FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton; c. 1737 – 1804) was an English noblewoman and the first wife of Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton. Grafton divorced her while serving as prime minister. She was a noted correspondent of Horace Walpole.
Anne FitzPatrick (previously FitzRoy née Liddell) was born in 1737 or 1738 in Derby to Anne née Delme and Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth.
She firstly married Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton on 29 January 1756, at her father's house in St James's Square, by special licence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The marriage was witnessed by Lord Ravensworth and Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Earl of Hertford. Together they had three children.
In 1761 she sent a silhouette that Jean Huber had created of her and her daughter to Horace Walpole. This letter was to be the start of a correspondence of 455 letters between herself and Walpole.
After the Duchess had become pregnant by her lover, John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory, she and the Duke were divorced by Act of Parliament, passed 23 March 1769. Anne married FitzPatrick in 1769 and they had two children. Anne died at her house in Grosvenor Square in 1804. [Source: Wikipedia (adapted)]
Anne FitzPatrick (previously FitzRoy née Liddell) was born in 1737 or 1738 in Derby to Anne née Delme and Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth.
She firstly married Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton on 29 January 1756, at her father's house in St James's Square, by special licence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The marriage was witnessed by Lord Ravensworth and Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Earl of Hertford. Together they had three children.
In 1761 she sent a silhouette that Jean Huber had created of her and her daughter to Horace Walpole. This letter was to be the start of a correspondence of 455 letters between herself and Walpole.
After the Duchess had become pregnant by her lover, John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory, she and the Duke were divorced by Act of Parliament, passed 23 March 1769. Anne married FitzPatrick in 1769 and they had two children. Anne died at her house in Grosvenor Square in 1804. [Source: Wikipedia (adapted)]
Anne FitzPatrick, Countess of Upper Ossory (née Liddell, also known as Anne FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton; c. 1737 – 1804) was an English noblewoman and the first wife of Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton. Grafton divorced her while serving as prime minister. She was a noted correspondent of Horace Walpole.
Anne FitzPatrick (previously FitzRoy née Liddell) was born in 1737 or 1738 in Derby to Anne née Delme and Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth.
She firstly married Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton on 29 January 1756, at her father's house in St James's Square, by special licence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The marriage was witnessed by Lord Ravensworth and Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Earl of Hertford. Together they had three children.
In 1761 she sent a silhouette that Jean Huber had created of her and her daughter to Horace Walpole. This letter was to be the start of a correspondence of 455 letters between herself and Walpole.
After the Duchess had become pregnant by her lover, John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory, she and the Duke were divorced by Act of Parliament, passed 23 March 1769. Anne married FitzPatrick in 1769 and they had two children. Anne died at her house in Grosvenor Square in 1804. [Source: Wikipedia (adapted)]
Anne FitzPatrick (previously FitzRoy née Liddell) was born in 1737 or 1738 in Derby to Anne née Delme and Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth.
She firstly married Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton on 29 January 1756, at her father's house in St James's Square, by special licence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The marriage was witnessed by Lord Ravensworth and Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Earl of Hertford. Together they had three children.
In 1761 she sent a silhouette that Jean Huber had created of her and her daughter to Horace Walpole. This letter was to be the start of a correspondence of 455 letters between herself and Walpole.
After the Duchess had become pregnant by her lover, John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory, she and the Duke were divorced by Act of Parliament, passed 23 March 1769. Anne married FitzPatrick in 1769 and they had two children. Anne died at her house in Grosvenor Square in 1804. [Source: Wikipedia (adapted)]
Inscription
Also the remains / of John 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory / Baron Upper Ossory Ampthill / Lord-Lieutenant and Custos-Rotulorum of the County of Bedford / during the space of 47 years, from 1771 to 1818. / He was the son of John, the 1st Earl, and the Countess Evelyn / : was born 2 May 1745 and died 1st February 1818 / And of the Honorable / Anne Liddell, Countess of Upper Ossory, his wife / who died 24 February 1804.
Gravesite Details
In the Chancel, on the north wall near altar rails, a bas-relief in white marble by R. Westmacott R.A., representing two kneeling females, weeping and holding between them a medallion portrait of, probably the last Earl of Upper Ossory.
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