The daughter of Henry Dillon, eleventh viscount Dillon; in 1767 she married Sir William Jerningham, sixth baronet. She was the sister-in-law of the poet Edward Jerningham

REFERENCES TO Lady Frances Jerningham [née Dillo]:

Mary Lamb to Mary Matilda Betham, [6 March 1811] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to John Morgan, 8 March 1811 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)