Frances Burke
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Frances Burke may refer to:
- Frances WalsinghamFrances WalsinghamFrances Walsingham, Countess of Essex and Countess of Clanricarde was an English noblewoman. The daughter of Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth I's Secretary of State, she became the wife of Sir Philip Sidney at age 14. Her second husband was Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Queen Elizabeth's...
, married name Burke or de Burgh - Frances Marie BurkeFrances Marie BurkeFrances Marie Burke was Miss America in 1940.Burke, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the first Miss America to be crowned at the Boardwalk Hall.-References:...
, Miss America