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Lady Frances Caroline Wedderburn-Webster (née Annesley; 1793-1837) was the daughter of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris and Sarah, daughter of Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet.
Reputedly Lord Byron and the Duke of Wellington were among her lovers, although neither of these affairs may have gone beyond flirtation. On hearing of her affair with Wellington a jealous Byron penned a poem entitled "When We Two Parted".
Family
On 10 October 1810 Frances married James Wedderburn-Webster, known as "Bold" Webster. They had five children:
- Lucy Sarah Anne (1812–1864)
- Charles Byron (born 1815–1817). Born in Paris on 28 August 1815 he died at Nantes on October 1817. He was buried in Caen Cathedral, where there is a monument to him.
- Charles Francis (1820–1886)
- Augustus George (1821–1845)
- George Gordon Trophime-Gérard de Lally-Tollendal (1827–1875)