Lady Anne Clifford 14th Baroness de Clifford Countess of Dorset (30 January 1590 – 22 March 1676) was the only surviving child of George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland (1558–1605) by his wife Lady Margaret Russell daughter of Francis Russell 2nd Earl of Bedford. In 1605 she became the suo jure Baroness Clifford and hereditary High Sheriff of Westmorland.She was a patron of authors and literature; and her many letters and diary made her a literary personage in her own right.
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birth date
1590-01-30
buried place
England, St Lawrence's Church Appleby
death date
1676-03-22
death place
England, Brougham Cumbria
parent
George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland, Margaret Clifford Countess of Cumberland
