Biography of Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard 1735-1815
Around 1735 Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard was born. She was possibly the daughter of a tailor in Bond Street in London.
After 1750. Joshua Reynolds (age 26). Portrait of Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard (age 15).
Around 1760 Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard (age 25) was working as a prostitute with clients including William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne (age 22).
In 1764 Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard (age 29) commenced an affair with Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 28). FitzRoy kept Parsons at his townhouse and took her to the opera offending society's standards.
On 23 Mar 1769 Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 33) and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 32) were divorced when he discovered she was pregnant by her lover John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory (age 23) whom she subsequently married. Plans to marry his mistress Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard (age 34), if they existed, were undermined by the the discovery he discovered she was having an affair with John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset (age 23).
1771. George Willison (age 30). Portrait of Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard (age 36) in Turkish Dress.
On 18 Jan 1772 William Maynard 4th Baronet (age 51) died. His son [her future husband] Charles Maynard 2nd Viscount Maynard (age 19) succeeded 5th Baronet Maynard of Walthamstow in Essex.
On 30 Jun 1775 Charles Maynard 1st Viscount Maynard (age 85) died. His third cousin once removed [her future husband] Charles Maynard 2nd Viscount Maynard (age 22) succeeded 2nd Viscount Maynard of Easton Lodge in Essex. Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard (age 40) by marriage Viscountess Maynard of Easton Lodge in Essex.
On 24 Sep 1776 Charles Maynard 2nd Viscount Maynard (age 24) and Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard (age 41) were married.
In 1784 Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard (age 49) became interested in Francis Russell 5th Duke Bedford (age 18). She and her husband [her husband] Charles Maynard 2nd Viscount Maynard (age 31), and Francis Russell 5th Duke Bedford (age 18) spent the winter of 1785/1786 in Nice.
On 10 Mar 1824 [her former husband] Charles Maynard 2nd Viscount Maynard (age 71) died. His nephew Charles Henry Maynard 3rd Viscount Maynard (age 37) succeeded 3rd Viscount Maynard of Easton Lodge in Essex, 6th Baronet Maynard of Walthamstow in Essex.