Mary Anne Clarke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mary Anne Clarke

English courtesan and diarist

Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1776

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 21-Jun-1852

Profession: writer, salonnière

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Mary Anne Clarke (born Mary Anne Thompson; 3 April 1776 – 21 June 1852) was the mistress of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany.
Their relationship began in 1803, while he was Commander-in-Chief of the army.
Later in 1809, she wrote her memoirs which were published.
She was the subject of a portrait by Adam Buck, and a caricature by Isaac Cruikshank; ten days after the latter's publication, the Duke resigned from his post as Commander of the British Army.
In 1811, she commissioned Irish sculptor Lawrence Gahagan to sculpt a marble bust of her; this is now housed in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Through her daughter who married Louis-Mathurin Busson du Maurier, Clarke was an ancestress of author Daphne du Maurier, who wrote the novel Mary Anne about her life.