Anne Hoby (''

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'' Doddington, formerly Anne Greville, Baroness Brooke) (–1690) was an English heiress.

Early life

Anne Doddington was born and was a daughter of

John Doddington John Doddington was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. Early life Doddington was the fourth son of the former Mary Herbert and Sir William Doddington (1572–1638) of Breamore, an MP who served as ...

of Breamore House. Her mother was a sister of Sir Thomas Trench and her only surviving sibling was her sister Margaret Doddington, who married Sir Thomas Hannan, but died childless. Her father was a Member of Parliament for Lymington and had inherited a great number of estates, including the manor of

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. Her father was the fourth son, and eventual heir, of Sir William Doddington of Breamore, an MP who served as High Sheriff of Hampshire. Among her extended family was uncle Herbert Doddington, aunt Katherine Doddington (wife of

Peregrine Hoby Peregrine Hoby (1 September 1602 – 6 May 1679), was an English landowner and member of parliament who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1679. Early life Hoby was the illegitimate son and heir of Sir Edward Hoby of ...

, MP for Great Marlow), and aunt Ann Doddington (wife of John Bulkeley, MP for

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, Newtown, Hampshire, Christchurch, Hampshire and Lymington). Through her father's maternal family, she was a descendant of Sir John Herbert of Neath Abbeym who served as Secretary of State under Elizabeth I and James I.

Personal life

Anne was twice married. Her first husband was Robert Greville, 4th Baron Brooke (–1676) of Beauchamps Court. Lord Brooke was a son of Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court and Lady Catherine Russell (a daughter of Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford). His elder brother Francis Greville, 3rd Baron Brooke died unmarried in 1658 and her husband acceded to the barony. As a result of her marriage, Anne was styled as

Baroness Brooke Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knigh ...

of Beauchamps Court and her surname became Greville.Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 114. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV. Her husband was one of the six commissioners deputed to invite the return of Charles II in 1660 and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire. Together, they were the parents of six sons (John, Francis, Charles, Robert, William, and Fulke Greville) and two daughter, including: * Hon. Anne Greville (–1706), who married

William Pierrepont, 4th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull William Pierrepont, 4th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (c. 1662 – 17 September 1690) was a British peer and Member of Parliament. The second son of Robert Pierrepont of Thoresby Nottinghamshire and his wife Elizabeth Evelyn, Pierrepont was born o ...

(–1690) around 1685. After his death in 1690, she married William Pierrepont of Nottingham. * Hon. Doddington Greville (1671–1720), who married Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester (–1722), son of Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester and the former Anne Yelverton (daughter of Sir Christopher Yelverton, 1st Baronet), in 1690 and became the first Duchess of Manchester. Lord Brooke outlived all of his six sons before dying in 1676 when he was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother, Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke (1643–1710), who represented Warwick in the House of Commons.

Second marriage

After the death of her first husband, she married her first cousin, Thomas Hoby (a son of

, MP, and the former Katherine Doddington) sometime after 1677. His elder brother was

Sir Edward Hoby, 1st Baronet The Hoby Baronetcy, of Bisham in the County of Berkshire, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 12 July 1666 for Edward Hoby, the son of Peregrine Hoby (1602–1679), during his father's lifetime. The fourth baronet sat as ...

. After her marriage to Thomas, her married name became Hoby. Moby was a Member of Parliament for Great Marlow and Salisbury. She died on 3 February 1690–91, intestate and her estate was administered to her husband on 8 July 1691. She was buried on 19 February 1690–91 at Breamore, Hampshire, England. Her widower died in 1706.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14'' (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 334.

Descendants

Through her daughter Doddington, she was a grandmother of both the 2nd Duke of Manchester and the 3rd Duke of Manchester, and also of Charlotte Byng, Viscountess Torrington.

References

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