Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey ("née" Twysden; 25 February 1753 – 23 July 1821) was one of the more notorious of the many mistresses of King George IV when he was Prince of Wales, "a scintillating society woman, a heady mix of charm, beauty, and sarcasm". Through marriage she belonged to the Villiers family. She was born Frances Twysden, in London, second and posthumous daughter of The Rt Rev. Dr Philip Twysden (c.1714–52), Church of Ireland Lord Bishop of Raphoe (1746–1752; died 2 November 1752, allegedly shot while attempting to rob a stagecoach near London),
Mary Frances Billington of the Society for Women Journalists from 1913 to 1920, and served on the executive council of the Cowdray Club. She served as the only woman delegate to the 1920 Imperial Press Congress when it was held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Mary Frances Billington died at home in London in 1925, a week short of her 63rd birthday. Her remains were buried at the churchyard in Chalbury, with those of her parents and her brothers. Mary Frances Billington Mary Frances Billington (6 September 1862 – 27 August 1925) was an English journalist and writer, whose collected articles on women were