Frances (Thompson) Hotham (1710 - 1771)

Born 1710 in England

Ancestors

Wife of Beaumont Hotham 7th Bt — married about 1733 in England

Descendants

Died 18 Nov 1771 at about age 61 in South Dalton, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Frances Thompson was born in 1710.

Background

She was the daughter of Rev Stephen Thompson and Hannah Clarke.

Marriage and family

She married Sir Beaumont Hotham, 7th Bt, son of Sir Charles Hotham, 4th Bt, and Bridget Gee.

Death

She died on 18 November 1771 at South Dalton, Yorkshire.

Legacy

She was an ancestress of Alice Frederica Edmonstone Keppel, a mistress of King Edward VII, and of Camilla Rosemary Shand Parker Bowles, Duchess of Cornwall and Rothesay, the second wife of Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales.

Sources

The Ancestry of Camilla Rosemary Shand Parker Bowles, Duchess of Cornwall, compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner (1954-2010) [1]

The Peerage [2]

Foster, Joseph: Yorkshire Pedigrees, Vol. 3 of 3 (2 of 2) (N & E Ridings), Thompson, of Humbleton.

Hunter, Joseph: F.M.G, pt. 2 (Harleian Soc. 38), p. 532. Rev. Stephen "not in the Vis" is Frances's father. Poulson ref should be Vol. 2 not 3.

Poulson, George: Holderness, Vol. 2, p. 64, Thompson. (Garbled)

Clay, J.W: Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions, Vol. 3 of 3, p. 43, Thompson, VI; p. 264, Hotham, C.