Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland

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While Dorothy, Countess of Sunderland , has been known historically as the Sacharissa of Edmund Waller 's poetry, she was also a respected and memorable letter writer. Most of her surviving letters date from her later life, and provide her commentary on the political infighting and social atmosphere of the court of Charles II , as well as information on her own family and friends. In 1666 a friend referred to her writing as that of the most eloquent pen in England.
Savile, Henry, and George Savile, Marquess of Halifax. Savile correspondence. Editor Cooper, William Durrant, Printed for the Camden Society.
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Milestones

By early October 1617

Dorothy Sidney (later DSCS ) was born at Syon House on the edge of London. She was baptised in the village of Isleworth on 5 October.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Ady, Julia Cartwright. Sacharissa. Seeley.
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1638

DSCS 's earliest surviving writings consist of letters to her father , which she wrote while he was in France.
Ady, Julia Cartwright. Sacharissa. Seeley.
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February 1684

DSCS died three months after her brother Algernon 's execution. The exact date and cause of her death are not known.
Ady, Julia Cartwright. Sacharissa. Seeley.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Biography

Birth and Family

By early October 1617

Dorothy Sidney (later DSCS ) was born at Syon House on the edge of London. She was baptised in the village of Isleworth on 5 October.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Ady, Julia Cartwright. Sacharissa. Seeley.
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