Almeria Carpenter

Lady Almeria Carpenter (1752 – 1809) was a British courtier. She is most known for being the mistress of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh from circa 1780 until his death in 1805. Life She was the daughter of the politician George Carpenter, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, and his wife, Frances Clifton, daughter of Sir Robert Clifton, 5th Baronet. She never married. Not much is known about her life until she was employed as the lady-in-waiting of Maria Walpole, wife of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh. She became the mistress of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, in the early 1780s. She was his mistress by the time they and William's wife made a trip together to Italy in 1782. She lived with William at Gloucester House, officially as the lady-in-waiting of his wife, and was said to be the “its ornament and pride” and hostess at their house. She was widely appreciated for her beauty and her disdain of convention, but it was also noted that she was not very clever.