Frances

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Frances is a given name, the feminine version of Francis.

Frances may refer to:

People

Frances of Rome (1384-1440), Italian saint, mystic, organizer of charitable services and Benedictine oblate who founded a religious community of oblates

Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset (1590-1632), central figure in a famous scandal and murder

Frances Davidson, Viscountess Davidson (1894-1985), British politician and Member of Parliament

Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (1517–1559), granddaughter of Henry VII of England and mother of Queen Jane Grey

Frances Hyde, Countess of Clarendon (baptised 1617, died 1667), mother-in-law of King James II of England and maternal grandmother of Mary II and Queen Anne

Frances Newton, Lady Cobham (1539-1592), one of the closest friends of Queen Elizabeth I of England

Frances Radclyffe, Countess of Sussex (1531-1589)

Frances Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (1599-1674)

Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond, as known as 'La Belle Stuart', the face of Britannia

Frances Talbot, Countess of Tyrconnel (c. 1647-1730)

Frances Vane, Viscountess Vane (1715-1788), British memoirist known for her highly public adulterous relationships

Frances Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave (1821–1879), a leader and hostess of society

Frances Walsingham, Countess of Essex and Countess of Clanricarde (1567–1633), daughter of Elizabeth I's Secretary of State, wife of Sir Philip Sidney; Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex; and Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde

Frances Black (born 1960), Irish singer

Frances Bean Cobain (born 1992), daughter of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and singer Courtney Love

Frances Conroy, American actress

Frances Cornford (1886-1960), English poet

Frances Dodge (1914-1971), American internationally known horsewoman

Frances Scott Fitzgerald (1921–1986), American journalist

Frances Burney (1752–1840), English novelist, diarist and playwright

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), English playwright and author

Frances Farmer, American actress

Frances Fisher, American actress

Frances FitzGerald (journalist) (born 1940), U.S. journalist and author

Frances Fitzgerald (politician) (born 1950), Irish Fine Gael politician

Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864–1952), American photographer and photojournalist

Frances Kirwan (1959-), British mathematician

Frances Latham (1610-1677), colonial woman in Rhode Island known as "the Mother of Governors" for having 10 governors among her direct descendents

Frances Lupton (1821-1892), English reformer for female education

Frances MacDonald (1873–1921), Scottish artist

Frances McDormand, American actress

Frances Nelson (1761-1831), wife of Admiral Horatio Nelson

Frances Osborne (born 1969), British author

Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864-1937), wife of US President Grover Cleveland

Frances Schreuder (1938-2004), American murderer in the Franklin Bradshaw murder.

Frances Alice Shepherd, Canadian academic

Frances T. Sullivan, New York State assemblywoman 1991–2002

Francie Swift, born Frances Swift, American actress

Frances Trollope (1779-1863), English novelist and writer, and mother of novelist and writer Anthony Trollope

Frances Eleanor Trollope (1835-1913), sister of Ellen Ternan (Charles Dickens' mistress) and sister-in-law of Anthony Trollope

Frances Willard (suffragist) (1839-1898), American educator, temperance reformer and women's suffragist

Frances Yip, Hong Kong singer

Frances (musician) (born 1993) UK singer

Frances Quinlan vocalist and rhythm guitar player in the band Hop Along

Fictional characters

Frances Earnshaw, from the novel Wuthering Heights

Frances "Baby" Houseman, from the movie Dirty Dancing

Frances, a character in the anime Sonic X

Frances "Franny" Glass, a character from Franny and Zooey

Places

Frances, South Australia

References

Frances Wikipedia

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