NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Clarke, Mary Anne Thompson, 1776-1852 NRA: Clarke, Mary Anne (1776-1852), Mistress of Frederick Duke of York DNB: Clarke, Mary Anne (1776?-1852), royal mistress LBT ID: MaClark1852 VIAF ID: 61896443 LOC ID: n50038523 | B/BAP: 1776 DIED: 1852-06-21 |
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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. | |