Frances Duff
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Frances Duff was a British heiress and plantation owner of mixed-race descent. She was born in Kingston, Jamaica, the daughter of a white businessman and a mulatto heiress who had been freed from slav
c. 1750 portrait
1800 engraving of Tacky's Revolt by François-Anne David
St Martin-in-the-Fields
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St Martin-in-the-Fields is a Church of England parish church at the north-east corner of Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, London. Dedicated in honour of Saint Martin of Tours, there has be
Frances Duff
…have over me you can use me ill or well as you please". Her correspondence shows fondness though perhaps less passion. They married on 7 April 1757 at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London. The Duffs had been unhappy to learn of the engagement and threatened to disinherit their son; they never directly explained their reason, but…
The church in 2023
St Martin-in-the-Fields and Charing Cross, circa 1562
Interior of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Lamp post detail