Location

The Blue Plaque is located on the wall of Windsor catle, along St Albans Street near the junction with Castle Hill. Castle plans show this as the site of the grace & favour house occupied by Mary Delany

Frances Burney (1752 – 1840), is commemorated as a pioneering novelist, writer of Court Journals & Seconc Keeper of the Robes to Queen Charlotte (1786-91). A prolific writer, Burney is said to be the forerunner of successive novelists such as Jane Austen and William Makepeace Thackeray. Frances Burney was also offered office in the Royal Court as a result of her friendship with Mary Delany.

Works

Fiction
The History of Caroline Evelyn, (ms. destroyed by author, 1767.)
Evelina: Or The History of A Young Lady's Entrance into the World,
Cecilia: Or, Memoirs of an Heiress, 1782.
Camilla: Or, A Picture of Youth, 1796.
The Wanderer: Or, Female Difficulties

Nonfiction
Brief Reflections Relative to the French Emigrant Clergy, 1793.
Memoirs of Doctor Burney

Journals and letters
The Early Diary of Frances Burney 1768-1778, (2 vols.)
The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay
The Diary of Fanny Burney
Dr. Johnson & Fanny Burney
The Journal and Letters of Fanny Burney (Madame D'Arblay) 1791-1840, (12 vols.) Vols. I-VI, ed. Joyce Hemlow, with Patricia Boutilier and Althea Douglas; Vol. VII, eds. Edward A. and Lillian D. Bloom; Vol. VIII, ed. Peter Hughes; Vols. IX-X, ed. Warren Derry; Vols. XI-XII, ed. Joyce Hemlow with Althea Douglas and Patricia Hawkins. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1972-1984.

Plays
The Witlings, 1779
Edwy and Elgiva, 1790, (Produced at Drury Lane, 21 March 1795)
Hubert de Vere, 1788-91
The Siege of Pevensey, 1788-91
Elberta, (fragment) 1788-91
Love and Fashion, 1799
The Woman Hater, 1800-1801
A Busy Day, 1800-1801

Mary Delany (14 May 1700 – 15 April 1788) is also commemorated on this Plaque. She was an artist, writer, and English Bluestocking. Delany was well liked by King Geroge III and Queen Charlotte, who after the death of Delany's second husband offered her a house and a pension of £300 per year.