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Anne Spencer, Countess of Sunderland (died 1715)

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indeed spoke well of her, and she seems to have been a woman of good character. Her devotion to her husband was never seriously questioned; his biographer considered that it was principally his happy marriage which sustained Sunderland through a long and unhappy life.
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Anne married Sunderland on 10 June 1665. The groom had previously broken off their long-standing engagement; according to
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From her own letters, it seems that she had two other children, who died young.
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She had at least five children by Sunderland, only one of whom outlived her:
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Like her husband, Lady Sunderland was a supporter of the
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Anne Spencer, Countess of Sunderland (d. 1715)

Sir Peter Lely
Windsor Beauties
Hampton Court Palace
Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland
George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol
Lady Anne Russell
Samuel Pepys
Mary of Modena
James II
Prince of Wales
Sarah Churchill
Duchess of Marlborough
Queen Anne
Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney
John Evelyn
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
Donough MacCarty, 4th Earl of Clancarty
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle
Anne Churchill
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Sarah Churchill
Whig
Sir John Vanbrugh
Her Majesty's Theatre
Diary of Samuel Pepys
"Waterloo Place and Her Majesty's Theatre Pages 206-216 Old and New London: Volume 4. Originally published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London, 1878"
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