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Mary Anne Clarke (born Mary Anne Thompson; 3 April 1776 – 21 June 1852) was the mistress of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. [1] Their relationship began in 1803, while he was Commander-in-Chief of the army.
In the first quarter of 1809, public attention was distracted from the recent British military humiliation in Spain by the scandal of the alleged involvement of the duke of York, the king’s second son and commander-in-chief of the army, in the sale of commissions by his former mistress, Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke.
Mary Anne Clarke (nacida Mary Anne Thompson; 3 de abril de 1776 - 21 de junio de 1852) fue la amante del príncipe Federico, duque de York y Albany. Su relación comenzó en 1803, mientras él era comandante en jefe del ejército.
In 1809, dressed in a sumptuous light blue gown and carrying a large white muff, Mary Anne Clarke (1776?–1852), the mistress of the Duke of York (the King’s second son and commander in chief of the armed forces), testified before the House of Commons that she had sold army commissions to the highest bidders in order to decorate the large ...
primary name:Clarke, Mary Anne. other name:Thompson, Mary Anne. Details. individual; British; Female. Life dates. 1776-1852. Biography. Mistress of Frederick, Duke of York, from about 1803-06. In 1809 a scandal broke out over the fact that she had been paid by army officers and clerics to help them gain promotion through her influence over the ...
Aziz Rahman , Mary Anne Clarke, and Sean Byrne Ireland was central to Britain's first colonial expansion and its techniques were honed in its expanded colonization around the world, including in Canada. The common features include control over land and resources and subjugation of Indigenous peoples through enforced assimilation. Britain wanted ...
Her confession rocked early nineteenth-century Britain, and the scandal caused the Duke to resign his military position. With Britain in the thick of the Napoleonic Wars, 1809 was a bad year for a scandal, as it encouraged Britons to doubt the authority of their military leaders.
