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Name
  
Frances Whitmore

Died
  
1695

Frances Whitmore
Spouse
  
Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Baronet (m. 1686–1695)

Children
  
Sir William Myddelton, 4th Baronet, Mary Myddelton, Frances Myddelton

Parents
  
Hon. Frances Brooke, Sir Thomas Whit

Siblings
  
Henrietta Whit, Dorothy Whit

Grandparents
  
Sir William Brooke, Sir Thomas Whit, 1st Baronet, Elizabeth Acton, Penelope Hill

Frances Whitmore (1666–1695) was a British courtier. Frances was one of the Hampton Court Beauties painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for Queen Mary II. She was styled Dame Frances Myddelton.

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Family

Her father was Sir Thomas Whitmore, (son of Sir Thomas Whitmore, 1st Baronet), and her mother was Hon. Frances Brooke (1640–1690).

She married Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Baronet (1655–1716) in c.1686. They had three children:

  • Frances Myddelton (d.1693),
  • Mary Myddelton (1688–1747),
  • Sir William Myddelton, 4th Baronet (1694–1718).
  • Other

    As one of the Hampton Court Beauties, Frances Myddelton (Nee Whitmore) was known as Lady Myddelton, coincidentally, her husband's aunt is the Mrs Myddelton of the Windsor Beauties and her own mother is Lady Whitmore of the Windsor Beauties.

    References

    Frances Whitmore Wikipedia