Anna Chamber Explained

Anne Chamber
Death Date:7 April 1777
Death Place:Stowe
Spouse:Richard, second Earl Temple
Children:One
Nationality:British

Anne Chamber (married name Anna Grenville-Temple, Countess Temple) (died 7 April 1777) was an English noblewoman and poet.

Life

Chamber and her elder sister Mary were co-heiresses to their late parents' estate. On 7 May 1737, Chamber married Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple. In 1742, their only child, Elizabeth, died at age four. The couple reportedly had a large income. Anne's dowry was reportedly £50,000, and Richard was erroneously referred to as the richest man in England.[1]

Chamber is known for her poetry, which she took up as an adult. Horace Walpole's company published 100 of her poems in 1764 under the name "Poems" by "Anna Chamber".[2]

Chamber died in Stowe in Buckinghamshire in 1777 just after her 40th wedding anniversary.[3]

In 1818, the verses she had sent to Lady Charles Spencer were published.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Grenville [later Grenville-Temple], Richard, second Earl Temple (1711–1779), politician ]. 2004. en. 10.1093/ref:odnb/11495. Bellot. Leland J..
  2. Book: Countess Anne Grenville-Temple Temple. Poems by Anna Chamber Countess Temple. 1764. Strawberry-Hill printed in the year.
  3. Chamber, Anna [married name Anna Grenville-Temple, Countess Temple] (1709?–1777), poet ]. 2004. en. 10.1093/ref:odnb/68306.
  4. Book: Countess Anne Grenville-Temple Temple. Verses Sent to *Lady Charles Spencer .... 1818.