Frances Read was born in 1750 the daughter of Henry READ and Frances (née TRUMAN).[1] She was married at Ramsbury on 31 October, 1768 to William VILLEBOIS of Feltham Place, Middlesex, her former dance teacher. She is mentioned in the will of her grandfather, Benjamin Truman as my ‘Grand Daughter Frances Villebois and W. Villebois her husband’. She died in 1820. Her portrait was painted by Thomas Gainsborough (following her marriage), commissioned by her grandfather, Benjamin Truman. The painting was sold at auction in July, 2011. Gainsborough also painted portraits of her grandfather, her sister, Henrietta, and her two sons, John and Henry (jointly).
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