[1] She was the daughter of housekeeper Anna Maria Bennett and her employer and lover Admiral Sir Thomas Pye.

Her mother, who was a successful novelist, paid off her husband's debts in exchange for his agreement.

She had previously retired from Covent Garden whilst pregnant and returned the rights to Stephen Kemble to perform in Edinburgh for £200 a year.

[1] Samuel De Wilde painted Esten as Lady Flutter in the comedy by Mrs Sheridan called The Discovery.

[5] In 1820 her daughter, Anne Douglas-Hamilton, married Henry Westenra, 3rd Baron Rossmore.