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Mary Anne Clarke (born Mary Anne Thompson; 3 April 1776 – 21 June 1852) was the mistress of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. Their relationship began in 1803, while he was Commander-in-Chief of the army.
- Mary Anne, Edward (1795–c.1800), Ellen Jocelyn du Maurier (1797–1870), George
- Joseph Clarke
- English
- Mistress of Frederick, Duke of York
Daphne du Maurier's novel Mary Anne (1954) is a fictionalised account of the real-life story of her great-great-grandmother, Mary Anne Clarke, née Thompson (1776-1852). It was published by Gollancz in the UK and by Doubleday in the US.
In 1809, dressed in a sumptuous light blue gown and carrying a large white muff, Mary Anne Clarke (1776?–1852), the mistress of the Duke of York (the King’s second son and commander in chief of the armed forces), testified before the House of Commons that she had sold army commissions to the highest bidders in order to decorate the large ...
The Duke of York Scandal, 1809. Further Reading. Paul Berry, By Royal Appointment: a Biography of Mary Anne Clarke, Mistress of the Duke of York (1970) Peter Spence, The Birth of Romantic Radicalism: War, Popular Politics and English Radical Reformism, 1800-1815 (Aldershot, 1996)
17 de ago. de 2012 · After leaving Clarke, Mary Anne decided to support her children by a more professional and consistent style of harlotry and so became a courtesan, advertising herself as so many did at that time: on the stage.
The triumverate of Gloucester place, or the clarke, the soldier, and the taylor. Museum number 1868,0808.7751 |
A vivid portrait of overweening ambition, MARY ANNE is set during the Napoleonic Wars and based on du Maurier's own great-great-grandmother. In Regency London, the only way for a woman to succeed is to beat men at their own game.
