Frances Talbot, Countess of Tyrconnel
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Frances Talbot, Countess of Tyrconnell, also called La Belle Jennings, was a maid of honour to the Duchess of York and, like her sister Sarah, a famous beauty at the Restoration court. She married first George Hamilton and then Richard Talbot, Earl of Tyrconnell.
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![Portrait of Miss Jennings from the Gebbie edition of the Memoirs of Count Grammont[43]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Miss_Jennings.png/500px-Miss_Jennings.png)
![Engraving by Edward Scriven of a painting by Peter Lely of Frances Jennings[53]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Frances_Jennings_by_Lely.png/500px-Frances_Jennings_by_Lely.png)
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Frances Talbot, Countess of Tyrconnell, also called La Belle Jennings, was a maid of honour to the Duchess of York and, like her sister Sarah, a famous beauty at the Restoration court. She married first George Hamilton and then Richard Talbot, Earl of Tyrconnell. She was vicereine in Dublin Castle while Tyrconnell was viceroy of Ireland for James II. She lived through difficult times after the death of her second husband, who was attainted as a Jacobite, but recovered some of his wealth and died a devout Catholic despite having been raised as a Protestant.
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