Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby 1750-1820

In 1750 Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby was born to William Smelt of Bedale [aged 34].

In 1754 [her father] William Smelt of Bedale [aged 38] died.

On 7th March 1775 Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet [aged 24] and Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby [aged 25] were married. They were third cousins.

In 1784 [her son] Robert Frankland-Russell 7th Baronet was born to [her husband] Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet [aged 33] and Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby [aged 34]. He married 1815 Louisa Anne Murray Lady Thirkleby, daughter of Bishop George Murray, and had issue.

On 21st November 1784 [her father-in-law] Thomas Frankland 5th Baronet [aged 66] died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. His son [her husband] Thomas [aged 34] succeeded 6th Baronet Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire. Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby [aged 34] by marriage Lady Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire.

After 1797. All Saints Church, Thirkleby, North Yorkshire [Map]. Grave slab of Mary Trant Otley [aged 34], wife of [her uncle] Cornelius Smelt [aged 48], aunt of Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby [aged 47].

Mary Trant Otley: Around 1763 she was born. On 6th October 1785 Cornelius Smelt and she were married at Richmond, North Yorkshire [Map]. On 5th October 1797 she died. She was buried at All Saints Church, Thirkleby, North Yorkshire [Map] on 9th October 1797.

After 1804. All Saints Church, Thirkleby, North Yorkshire [Map]. Memorial to four of the children of [her husband] Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet [aged 53] and Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby [aged 54] who died young. Sculpted by John Flaxman [aged 48].

In 1815 [her son] Robert Frankland-Russell 7th Baronet [aged 31] and [her daughter-in-law] Louisa Anne Murray Lady Thirkleby [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of Bishop George Murray.

On 19th May 1820 Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby [aged 70] died.

After 1831. All Saints Church, Thirkleby, North Yorkshire [Map]. Memorial to [her former husband] Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet [aged 80] and his wife Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby.

On 4th January 1831 [her former husband] Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet [aged 80] died at Thirkleby Hall, North Yorkshire. His son Robert [aged 47] succeeded 7th Baronet Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire. Louisa Anne Murray Lady Thirkleby [aged 40] by marriage Lady Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire.