Clifford, Anne ___ 1590-1676 ___ British ___ n/a

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Anne Clifford was born at Skipton Castle, the third and only surviving child of the 3rd Earl of Cumberland and his wife Margaret Russell. However, when her father died, the estate went to his brother not to her. Anne spent several decades in a battle (which went so far as to involve King James I) to reclaim it. Her first husband, Richard Sackville, Earl of Dorset, with whom she had five children (three of whom died young), did not support her mission, but her second husband, Philip Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, did. He employed Inigo Jones to restore the Pembroke family home, and Anne his wife became enthusiastic about other building projects. She eventually inherited her father's estate when the male line failed, and, with the Civil War raging, went north to live there. At the age of nearly 60, with her second husband Pembroke having died, Lady Anne spent the final years of her life helping to rebuild local churches and castles (including Skipton Castle, despite Cromwell's objections). She died at Brougham Castle where her father had been born.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio
The Diary Review - An owl in the desert

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1603-1619 ___ domestic religious society health

WEB TEXT LINKS
good extracts
googlebooks
a few pages

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland - copy of 1603-1619

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
The Diary of Lady Anne Clifford
The Diaries of Lady Anne Clifford

May 2005, August 2008, April 2013
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