Anne Brett, countess of Macclesfield

(1668-1753)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Brett, Anne, d. 1753 DNB: Brett [née Mason], Anne [other married name Anne Gerard, countess of Macclesfield] (1667/8-1753), courtier LBT ID: CsMaccl VIAF ID: 13764289 LOC ID: n85294606	B/BAP: 1668 DIED: 1753-10-11
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Lady in waiting to Queen Anne and reputedly the mother of the poet Richard Savage.
REFERENCES TO Anne Brett, countess of Macclesfield: Smith, Horace, 1779-1849, “A Graybeard’s Gossip about his Literary Acquaintance. No. VIII” in New Monthly Magazine 81 (October 1847) 227-40 Found 1: ¶ 12 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1801 Found 1: ¶ 3 Letters: 1823 Found 1: ¶ 3