Having married a Joseph Clarke, she was mistress to the Duke of York (1803-06) and involved with selling government offices, as came to light in an 1809 House of Commons investigation. She spent her later years living in Paris.

REFERENCES TO Mary Anne Clarke:

Robert Southey to John May, 16 February 1809 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Sydney Smith to John Allen, 21 February 1809 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Charles Lamb to Thomas Manning, 28 March 1809 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Lord Folkestone to Thomas Creevey, 21 September 1809 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 14 May 1812 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 17 December 1813 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Samuel Whitbread to Thomas Creevey, 4 June 1814 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 17 August 1820 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 17 January 1821 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 6 June 1834 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)