Elizabeth Annesley, Countess of Anglesey (9 January 1620 – January 1698) was the wife of

Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, PC, (10 July 16146 April 1686) was an Anglo-Irish royalist statesman. After short periods as President of the Council of State and Treasurer of the Navy, he served as Lord Privy Seal between 1673 and 1682 ...

. They were married on 24 April 1638 in London. At the time of their marriage, her husband's

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was The Hon. Arthur Annesley. In 1660 he inherited his father's title of

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, making Elizabeth a viscountess, and in the following year he was created

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, making her a countess. Elizabeth was the daughter and co-heiress of Sir James Altham of Oxhey,

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(son of

James Altham Sir James Altham (about 1554 - 1617), of Oxhey, Hertfordshire, was an English judge, briefly a member of the Parliament of England, and (from 1607) a Baron of the Exchequer.'Altham, James. B.E. 1607', in E. Foss, ''The Judges of England'', Vol. VI ...

), and his wife Elizabeth Sutton. The countess's sister,

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, married

Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery KB, PC ( 1600 – 1686), styled The Honourable from 1621 to 1628 and then Lord Vaughan until 1634, was a Welsh soldier, peer and politician. Born the son of a Welsh nobleman with an Irish peerage, Vaughan ...

. Elizabeth and her husband had seven sons and six daughters, including: *

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(1645–1690), who succeeded his father to become the 2nd

and married (in 1669) Elizabeth, daughter of

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and Frances Montagu * Altham, who was created Baron Altham in 1681 *

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(1655–1701), who served as

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, succeeded as 3rd Baron Altham, and married Dorothy, daughter of John Davey, of

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, DevonUrsula Radford (1955). "An Introduction to the Deans of Exeter". ''Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association'' 87: 1–24 * Arthur * Charles * Dorothy, who married

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(1630–1690) in 1654 * Elizabeth (died 1672), who married

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(1615–1699) * Frances (1648-1704/5), married first Francis Windham, of Felbrigg, Norfolk, and second (in 1668)

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* Philippa (died 1714/5), married first

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, and second William Coward, of Wells, Somerset * Anne, who married Sir Francis Wingate J.P. of Harlington Grange, Harlington The countess died some time in January 1697/8, and was buried at

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