| Lady Worsley | |
| Honorific Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Birth Date: | Frances Thynne, 1673 |
| Death Date: | 1750 |
| Spouse: | Sir Robert Worsley, 4th Baronet |
| Children: | Frances, Lady Carteret |
| Parents: | Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth Frances Finch |
Frances Thynne, Lady Worsley (née Thynne, 1673 – 1750) was an English noblewoman connected to several poets of the Augustan era.
She was one of three children of Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth, and his wife Frances, née Finch.[1]
In 1690 she married Sir Robert Worsley, 4th baronet. They had one daughter, Frances, Lady Carteret.[2] They lived at Appuldurcome House, Isle of Wight, which Sir Robert began rebuilding in 1702.
Lady Worsley's maternal aunt was Anne Finch, who wrote poems about her and her siblings.[3] She held a long-running correspondence with Finch and with Jonathan Swift, who held her in high regard.[4] [5] Her daughter Frances would continue this friendship with Swift. Alexander Pope's poem 'Epistle to Mr Jervas' contains the line 'Other beauties envy Worsley's eyes,' referring to Lady Frances Worsley. However, this compliment was originally intended for Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and was changed to Worsley after Lady Mary and the poet had quarrelled.[6]