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Frances Carteret (the older)


(b. 1694, Isle of Wight – d. June 20, 1743, Hanover, Germany )

Gender: F

English noblewoman and vicereine of Ireland. She was known to be the subject of poetry by Jonathan Swift and Patrick Delany.

Also known as:

  • Frances Worsley

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