Frances Work

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Frances Ellen Work (1857-1947) was an American heiress and a great-grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Born in Ohio, she was a daughter of Franklin H. Work, a well-known New York stockbroker, and his wife, Ellen Wood.

In 1880, Frances Work married the Hon. James Boothby Burke Roche, who would become the 3rd Baron Fermoy. They had four children: two daughters, Cynthia and Eileen, and twin sons, Edmund (4th Baron Fermoy, grandfather to Diana, Princess of Wales), and Francis. The couple divorced in 1891, before Burke Roche succeeded to the barony.

In 1905, the Hon. Mrs. Burke Roche married Aurel Batonyi, a Hungarian-born groom and horse trainer. (When he immigrated to the United States in 1891, Batonyi claimed to be a count.) However, they soon divorced.

One of Frances Work's great-great-grandchildren is the American actor Oliver Platt.