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