Frances Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry

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The Most Honourable
The Marchioness of Londonderry
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The engagement painting of Lady Frances Anne Vane-Tempest by Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1818[1]
Personal details
Born 17 January 1800
St James's Square, London, England
Died 20 January 1865
Seaham Hall, County Durham, England
Nationality English
Spouse(s) Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778–1854)
Children George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry (1821-1884)
Frances Anne Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1822–1899)
Lady Alexandrina Octavia Maria Vane (1823–1874)
Lord Adolphus Vane-Tempest (1825–1864)
Lady Adelaide Emelina Caroline Vane (c.1830–1882)
Lord Ernest McDonnell Vane-Tempest (1836–1885)
Parents Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, 2nd Bt (1771–1813) and Anne MacDonnell, Countess of Antrim (1778–1834)

Frances Anne Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry (17 January 1800 – 20 January 1865) was a wealthy English heiress and noblewoman. She was the daughter of Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, 2nd Baronet and the second wife of Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry.[2][3][4][5][6] Through her daughter, Lady Frances Vane, wife of John Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, she was the great-grandmother of Sir Winston Churchill.

Basic Information

Frances Anne inherited extensive lands from her father in north east England.[7] Her mother was Anne MacDonnell, 2nd Countess of Antrim. With her husband, she developed an extensive coal mining operation that included coal mines, a railroad, and docks at Seaham.[8]

She became an object of affection for the Tsar Alexander I of Russia after he saw her portrait.[8]

She sought to promote her eldest son's political career and was a patron of Benjamin Disraeli.

Issue

Frederick William Robert Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry (1805–1872) was her stepson.

Titles and styles

  • 17 January 1800 - 3 April 1819 Lady Frances Anne Vane
  • 3 April 1819 - 12 August 1822 The Right Honourable The Lady Stewart
  • 12 August 1822 - 6 March 1854 The Most Honourable The Marchioness of Londonderry
  • 2 March 1854 - 20 January 1865 The Most Honourable The Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry

References

  1. Urquhart, p.71
  2. More letters from Martha Wilmot, edited by Edith, Marchioness of Londonderry and H. M. Hyde (1935)
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  4. Letters from Benjamin Disraeli to Frances Anne, marchioness of Londonderry, 1837–1861, edited by Edith, Marchioness of Londonderry (1938), p.268
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  6. Letters of Disraeli to Lady Bradford and Lady Chesterfield, edited by The Marquess of Zetland (1923)
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  8. 8.0 8.1 Londonderry, Edith, Marchioness of. Francess Anne The life and Times of Frances Anne Marchioness of Londonderry and her husband Charles Third Marquess of Londonderry. St. Martin's Press, New York 1958. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "tes" defined multiple times with different content

Bibliography

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Family of Frances Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Lionel Vane
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. George Vane
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Catherine Fletcher
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Sir Henry Vane, Bt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. William Machon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Anne Machon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, Bt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. John Tempest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. John Tempest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Jane Wharton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Frances Tempest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Richard Shuttleworth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Frances Shuttleworth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Emma Tempest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Lady Frances Anne Vane-Tempest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Randall MacDonnell, 4th Earl of Antrim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Alexander MacDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Rachel Skeffington
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Randal MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. The Hon. Charles Plunkett
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Anne Plunkett
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Elizabeth Stratford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Anne MacDonnell, 2nd Countess of Antrim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Frances Morres
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Hervey Morres, 1st Viscount Mountmorres
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Catherine Evans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. The Hon. Letitia Morres
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Lady Letitia Ponsonby
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Sarah Margetson
 
 
 
 
 
 


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