Lady Anne Smith, previously
Fitzroy (1775 – 16 December 1844) was the sister of
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonField Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...
.
She was born
Lady Anne Wesley, daughter of
Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of MorningtonGarret Colley Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington was an Anglo-Irish politician and composer, best known today for fathering several distinguished British military commanders and politicians.-Life:...
and his wife Anne Hill, daughter of
Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount DungannonArthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon , was an Irish politician.Born Arthur Hill, he adopted the surname Hill-Trevor in 1759. He was the second son of Robert Hill of Hillsborough, M.P. and Privy Councillor, and Anne Trevor. His maternal grandfather was the leading seventeenth-century...
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On 7 January 1790 she married Henry Fitzroy, son of
Charles Fitzroy, 1st Baron SouthamptonCharles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton was a British statesman and soldier.The second son of Lord Augustus FitzRoy and a grandson of the 2nd Duke of Grafton, FitzRoy joined the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards as an ensign in 1752...
. Their daughter Georgiana Frederica Fitzroy was born on 3 October 1792.
Henry Fitzroy died on the 19 March 1794, and on 2 August 1799 his widow was remarried, to
Charles Culling SmithCharles Culling Smith, sometimes called Culling Charles Smith was a British politician and courtier.-Family:He was the son of Charles Smith, Governor of Madras, and nephew of Sir Culling Smith, 1st Baronet....
. Their daughter Emily Frances Smith was born on the 3 March 1800.
On 25 July 1814 Lady Anne's daughter Georgiana Frederica was married to
Lord WorcesterMajor Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort KG , styled Earl of Glamorgan until 1803 and Marquess of Worcester between 1803 and 1835, was a British peer, soldier and politician.-Background:...
, who had served as an aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington during the
Peninsular WarThe Peninsular War was a war between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war began when French and Spanish armies crossed Spain and invaded Portugal in 1807. Then, in 1808, France turned on its...
. Lady Worcester died on the 11 May 1821, and on 29 June 1822 Lord Worcester married Lady Anne's other daughter Emily Frances. On 23 November 1835 Emily Frances became Duchess of Beaufort.
Lady Anne Smith died in 1844.