Waller, Anne (c. 1603–1662)
Waller, Anne (c. 1603–1662)
British diarist. Name variations: Lady Anne Waller; Lady Anne Harcourt. Born Anne Paget in England, c. 1603; died in 1662; dau. of Lettice Knollys (c. 1583–1655) and William Paget of Beaudasert; m. Simon Harcourt (1603–1642, Royalist officer in the king's army), c. 1632; m. William Waller (Puritan); children: Mary, Frederick, and Phillip Harcourt.
During a Dublin rebellion, first husband landed there with an army and was slain at the siege of Carrickmines (Mar 1642); kept a religious diary from 1649 to April 1661; was imprisoned with 2nd husband who was a Puritan (1659).
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