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Mary Anne Chaworth (1786–1805)
Mary Anne Musters (1805–1806)
Mary Anne Musters Chaworth (1806–1823)
Mary Anne Musters (1823–1832)

1786–1832

Daughter of George Chaworth and his wife Anne of Annesley Hall, Nottinghamshire. Beloved of Lord Byron. Married John Musters (1777–1849; he took the additional surname Chaworth 1806–23), later of Colwick Hall, Nottinghamshire, in 1805. Mother of Charles Musters.

Sources

Burke’s Landed Gentry 1879

Biography of John Musters (1777–1849) and Mary Ann Musters (1786–1832) https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/collectionsindepth/family/chaworth-mustersofannesley/biographies/biographyofjohnmusters(1777-1849)andmaryannmusters(1786-1832).aspx, accessed 30 August 2017

Bibliography

Burke’s landed gentry: A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank but unvisited with heritable honours. Burke’s genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry. By John Burke et al. 1st–18th edition. London: Henry Colburn [and others]. 1833–1969.

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