Palmer, Anne (1661–1722)

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Palmer, Anne (1661–1722)

Countess of Sussex. Name variations: Lady Dacre; Anne Lennard. Born in Feb 1661; died in 1722; dau. of Barbara Villiers (c. 1641–1709) and probably Charles II, king of England; m. Thomas Lennard, Lord Dacre, in 1674, who was created earl of Sussex in 1684 (died 1715).

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