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before her marriage was ended in 1698. Whilst she waited for their divorce her husband became the Earl of Macclesfield so she was a countess when they parted. She was a rich countess as over £12,000 was returned to her from before her marriage. Her children, Anne and Richard Savage had been kept a
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A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland
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when she was fifteen. The marriage was not a success but divorce was difficult. She had two children with
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is said to have submitted for her approval the text of his play,
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secret. She said that they died young, but years later the poet
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in 1667 or 1668. Her parents were Anna Margaretta Long and Sir
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Burke, John; Burke, Sir Bernard; Burke, Bernard (1841).
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Anna Brett

Shropshire
Bond Street
Kingdom of Great Britain
Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield
Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers
Kingdom of Great Britain
Shropshire
Richard Mason
Sir James Long, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet
Charles Gerard, Viscount Brandon
Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers
Richard Savage
Lady in Waiting
Henry Brett
Anna Margharetta
George I of Great Britain
Colley Cibber
The Careless Husband
Old Bond Street




"Brett [née Mason], Anne [other married name Anne Gerard, countess of Macclesfield] (1667/8–1753), courtier, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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10.1093/ref:odnb/70843

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