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Frances Scudamore, Duchess of Norfolk

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Unfortunately, Frances exhibited signs of mental instability from the time of her marriage and spent the rest of her life confined to Holme Lacy. They had no children. Her husband spent his time elsewhere with a series of mistresses, dying in 1815.
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She died a widow in 1820 and was buried at St Cuthberts church, Holme Lacy. Having had no legitimate heirs from either of his marriages the Duke's lands and titles had passed to his cousin
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on 6 April 1771 in London. She inherited the Holme Lacy estate on the death of her father in 1782. Her husband succeeded his father as the
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on 31 August 1786, inheriting a number of large estates, including
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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE: AND HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. VOL. LXXXV
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Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk by Thomas Gainsborough
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of Holme Lacy in Herefordshire, an illegitimate son of
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Index


Charles Howard
Duke of Norfolk
Holme Lacy
Charles FitzRoy-Scudamore
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
Frances
Duke of Beaufort


Charles Howard
the 10th Duke of Norfolk
11th Duke of Norfolk
Arundel Castle
Worksop Manor
Greystoke Castle
Sheffield Manor
Bernard
"Scudamore family"
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
doi
10.1093/ref:odnb/71878
ISBN
978-0-19-861412-8
UK public library membership
Burke's Baronetage
Categories
1750 births
1820 deaths
Duchesses of Norfolk

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