Lady Mary Fox

Born Mary FitzClarence on 19 December 1798, she was the daughter of the future King William IV and the actress Dorothea Jordan. In 1824 she married Charles Richard Fox, and later became known as Lady Mary Fox.

She is best known to readers for her connection to An Account of an Expedition to the Interior of New Holland, a work published in 1835 from the papers of explorer Charles Sturt, with her editorial contribution helping bring the journey to a wider audience. Her name is also associated with other writing and literary work from her later years.

Beyond the page, she spent much of her later life in royal service as housekeeper at Windsor Castle. She died on 13 July 1864, leaving behind a life that joined the British court, family history, and nineteenth-century publishing.