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%2c_Lady_Anne_Margaret_Coke%2c_Viscountess_Anson%2c_circa_1815%2c_Shugborough_Estate%2c_National_Trust.jpg) Lady Anne Margaret Coke, Viscountess Anson, circa 1815,Shugborough Estate,National Trust | |
| Born | (1779-01-25)25 January 1779[b] Holkham Hall, Norfolk, England |
| Died | 23 May 1843(1843-05-23) (aged 64) London, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Spouse | Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson |
| Children | 13, includingThomas andGeorge |
| Parent | Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham |
Anne Margaret Coke, Viscountess Anson (25 January 1779 – 23 May 1843),[b] was an English painter; the daughter ofThomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham; and wife ofThomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson.
Lady Anson was born atHolkham Hall[3] on 25 January 1779[4]: 65 [5]: 233 [b] to Thomas Coke (who in 1834 was raised to the peerage as Earl of Leicester) and Jane Dutton. She was baptised Ann Margaret Cooke on 23 February 1779.[a][1] Anne had an older sister, Jane, born in 1777, and a younger sister, Elizabeth, born in 1795,[4]: 65 one year after Anne was married. Jane was married by that time, too.[5]: 411 Her mother was an abolitionist and spent her allowance on donations to the poor and theater tickets for her servants. Jane Dutton also believed in the importance of a good education for her children.[4]: 65
At the age of 15, Anne Margaret Coke was married to 27-year-old Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson, in September 1794. He was amember of parliament, worth £22,000 (equivalent to £3,192,563 in 2023) per year, and heir toShugborough estate in Staffordshire.[4]: 67 TheDuke of Sussex said that he was a "true manly, noble, splendid fellow, possessing much of the real English character, sound sense, and although perhaps hurried away a little too much by country sports, has a great deal of good in him."[4]: 67–68
According to Susanna Wade Martins, Anne was described as "thin, excitable, energetic, never quiet, constantly getting into quarrels, but always ready to help others.[4]: 68 Dawson Turner described her as a woman of sweet character and a pleasing personality.[4]: 68
Anson gave birth to eleven children, four by the time she was 20 years of age.[4]: 68
She died 23 May 1843[7] in London.[3] Her tomb, in Colwich,Surrey, was sculpted byJohn Francis.[8]
Susanna Wade Martins inCoke of Norfolk (1754–1842) states that Anne was likely taught to draw byThomas Gainsborough in Norfolk and London. One of her paintings of a milk girl was made after one of Gainsborough's paintings. She was said to have made a painting of a nest of owls that was considered "very well done" byBenjamin Haydon.[4]: 67 Mrs. Powys, who visited Shugborough in 1800, stated that competent works by Anson were in every room of the house, including three full-length paintings of her children.[4]: 67
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