Sarah, Lady Piers

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Sarah, Lady Piers, authored five known poems between 1698 and 1714. They include verses prefixed to another's work, an elegy, and two occasional celebrations: one of some admirable ladies and one a Whiggish poem celebrating the new King George I . Even her earliest surviving poems are accomplished enough to suggest strongly that her œuvre must have been much larger. Some letters also survive.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Milestones

September 1714

Sarah, Lady Piers, welcomed the arrival of a new monarch in George for Britain, a poem published with her name in two formats, one lavish (fine paper, wider margins) and one more ordinary.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

By 8 September 1719

Sarah, Lady Piers, died: she was buried on this day at Chelsea.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Biography

Origins

The date of SLP 's birth is not known. It would have been 1667 or later, since her parents probably married in 1666. Her husband was born in 1670.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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