Frances Braddock (1704 - 1731)

Born 1704 in Westminster, London, England

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Died Sep 1731 at about age 27 in Bath Abbey, Bath, Somerset, England

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Biography

Frances Braddock was born in 1704 in London, England. Her parents were Edward Braddock and Mary.

According to John Wood, a Bath architect, Fanny was naturally of a gay temper, exceedingly generous (her father had left her and Henrietta £6ooo), good-natured, pleasant in conversation. However, she fell in love with a Mr S who was arrested and imprisoned in London for debt. She announced that she would pay off his debts. Against the advice of her friends, including Beau Nash, she paid off Mr S's debts but he never returned to Fanny.

Fanny then gambled away the rest of her inheritance and, destitute, she became a governess in John Wood's home - 24 Queen Square. In the summer of 1730, she rented part of Wood's house and maintained her own apartment. Unfortunately, she became psychopathic.

In September 1731 she committed suicide and was buried in Bath Abbey. She was buried on 10 Sep 1731 in Bath Abbey, Somerset, England^[1]

Because of gambling, she was, to a degree, responsible for the introduction of a bill in Parliament to prevent excessive and fraudulent gambling and to suppress all private lotteries and games of faro, basset, hazard and ace of hearts.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812 Name: Mrs Frances Braddock [Mrs Francisca Braddock] Event Type: Burial Burial Date: 10 Sep 1731 Burial Place: Bath Abbey, Somerset, England

Acknowledgement

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