Anna Chamber

Anne Chamber (married name Anna Grenville-Temple, Countess Temple) (died 7 April 1777) was an English noblewoman and poet.

Anne Chamber
Died	7 April 1777 Stowe
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	Richard, second Earl Temple
Children	One

Life

Chamber and her elder sister Mary were co-heiresses to their late parents' estate. On 7 May 1737, Chamber married Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple.^[1] In 1742, their only child, Elizabeth, died at age four. The couple reportedly had a large income. Anne's dowry was reportedly £50,000, and Richard was erroneously referred to as the richest man in England.^[2]

Chamber is known for her poetry, which she took up as an adult. Horace Walpole's company published 100 of her poems in 1764 under the name "Poems" by "Anna Chamber".^[3]

Chamber died in Stowe in Buckinghamshire in 1777 just after her 40th wedding anniversary.^[1]

In 1818, the verses she had sent to Lady Charles Spencer were published.^[4]

References

1. "Chamber, Anna [married name Anna Grenville-Temple, Countess Temple] (1709?–1777), poet". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68306. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. Bellot, Leland J. (2004). "Grenville [later Grenville-Temple], Richard, second Earl Temple (1711–1779), politician". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11495. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
3. Countess Anne Grenville-Temple Temple (1764). Poems by Anna Chamber Countess Temple. Strawberry-Hill printed in the year.
4. Countess Anne Grenville-Temple Temple (1818). Verses Sent to *Lady Charles Spencer ...