Hannah Harrison Lowe

Hannah Harrison Barnes (née Lowe) (1795 - 1883) is believed by some descendants and others (see below, "The claim") to have been the daughter of George IV of the United Kingdom and his early wife and continuing paramour Maria Fitzherbert, a relationship whose trajectory was defined when the marriage was declared illegal for want of royal approval (as required by the Royal Marriages Act of 1772).
Lowe was born at Knightsbridge, London in 1795 and lived a simple life in Coventry; she married Samuel Barnes and is reported to have worked many years as a ribbon maker, and to have died alone in a workhouse (see below). She died at age 87 in January 1883 (date discrepancy, 26 or 29 January), and was predeceased by her husband Samuel in 1875 (aged 79) with whom she is buried at London Road Cemetery in Coventry. Professor of War Studies at the University of Buckingham, with some attribution of credibility. Notably, any such historical claim is accompanied by controversy, and many on the preceding list have been challenged.
A consolidated list based on genealogical research in Coventry has Lowe's descendants to include:
*Daughter Sarah Dadley (née Barnes), baptized 29 September 1817, St. Michaels Church, Coventry; died age 79; buried 2 February 1896 (incl. information from Barnes gravestone/burial records).
*Son Samuel Barnes, baptized 9 June 1826, St. Michaels Church, Coventry; died at age 82; buried 12 December 1908 (incl. information from Barnes gravestone/burial records).
*Daughter Emma Marson (née Barnes), baptismal date unknown, died age 83; buried 5 June 1928 (incl. information from Barnes gravestone/burial records).
*Joseph Barnes, baptized 14 June 1819, St. Michaels Church, Coventry.
*Ann Barnes, baptized 1 October 1821, St. Michaels Church, Coventry.
*Hannah Barnes, baptized 24 March 1824, St. Michaels Church, Coventry.
*Mary Barnes, baptized 20 October 1828, St. Michaels Church, Coventry.
*Thomas Barnes, baptismal record and other dates and locations unknown.
*Jane Barnes, baptismal record and other dates and locations unknown.
*Ann Barnes, baptismal record and other dates and locations unknown (redundancy with earlier entry noted).
*Ibrahim(a.k.a. Peter)Leadley, surviving great-great-great grandson, descended through Joseph Barnes, lineage proveable, baptismal record and location known.
*Kay Donald Clark, surviving great-great-great granddaughter, descended through youngest daughter Ann of Hannah and Samuel Barnes, baptismal record and location unknown.<ref name="ancestry2006"/>

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