Frances Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry

[1][2][3] At her father's death in 1813, Frances Anne inherited extensive lands in northeast England as well as some property in County Antrim, Ireland.

[5] She became an object of affection for Tsar Alexander I after he happened to see her engagement portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence.

[6] She sought to promote the political career of her eldest son, George Vane-Tempest, and was a patron of Benjamin Disraeli.

[7] She built Garron Tower north of Carnlough, County Antrim, as a summer residence for herself.

[8] When her husband died in 1854, she commissioned an equestrian statue showing him as a hussar,[9] which was unveiled in 1861 and still stands on the market place in Durham, England.

Frances Anne (1800–1865), Marchioness of Londonderry, and Her Son, George 1828 by Thomas Lawrence
The Marchioness of Londonderry in 1831 at the coronation of King William IV by Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet