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  1. Frances Ellen Work (October 27 or 28, 1857 – January 26, 1947) was an American heiress and socialite. She was a great-grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales, and her great-great-grandchildren include William, Prince of Wales, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and the American actor Oliver Platt .

  2. Learn about the life and legacy of Frances Work, a Gilded Age heiress and socialite who married a gambler and explorer. Discover her connections to the Vanderbilts, the Jeromes, and the Batonyis.

  3. Nov 27, 2017 · Frances - known as Fannie - was born in New York City in 1857, the elder daughter of Frank Work. He was a self-made American banker who left a $15,000,000 fortune when he died.

  4. Frances “Fanny” Ellen Work and her children—a daughter and twin sons—were deserted by her Irish husband, James Boothby Burke Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy, after Fanny’s father, Franklin Work, refused to clear Roche’s gambling debts.

  5. Dec 22, 2023 · About Frances Ellen Work. " Frances Ellen Work (October 27, 1857 – January 26, 1947) was an American heiress and socialite. She was a great-grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales, and her great-great-grandchildren include The Duke of Cambridge, Prince Harry, and the American actor Oliver Platt."

    • New York
    • October 27, 1857
    • 3rd Baron Fermoy James Boothby Burke Roche
    • January 26, 1947
  6. Frances Ellen Work was an American heiress and socialite. She was a great-grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales, and her great-great-grandchildren include William, Prince of Wales, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and the American actor Oliver Platt.

  7. When Frances Eleanor Work was born on 27 October 1857, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, her father, Franklin H. Work, was 38 and her mother, Ellen Wood, was 26.

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