LAC
's father, George Clifford, third Earl of Cumberland
, was not only a land-owner but also a merchant-adventurer. From his most successful voyages he returned with cargoes of exotic produce and artefacts (as mentioned...
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Lady Anne Clifford
The day after her ninth birthday, LAC
wrote a beautifully-penned letter to her father
.
Spence, Richard T. Lady Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery. Sutton Publishing, 1997.
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Wealth and Poverty
Lady Anne Clifford
The Earl of Cumberland
, LAC
's father, sent out and led himself a series of trading and plundering ventures: to the South Seas, the River Plate, and the coasts of Portugal and Spain.
Clifford, Lady Anne. “Introductory Note”. The Diary of the Lady Anne Clifford, edited by Vita Sackville-West, George H. Doran, 1923, p. ix - lvi.
xii-v
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Wealth and Poverty
Lady Anne Clifford
LAC
's father
died, plunging her into legal battle for the right to inherit his estates.
Spence, Richard T. Lady Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery. Sutton Publishing, 1997.
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Clifford, Lady Anne. “Introduction / Annotations / Bibliography”. The Diary of Anne Clifford, 1616-1619, edited by Katherine O. Acheson, Garland, 1995, pp. 1 - 37, 133.
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Wealth and Poverty
Lady Anne Clifford
LAC
's mother
launched her daughter's claim to inherit her father
's estates.
Clifford, Lady Anne. “Introduction / Annotations / Bibliography”. The Diary of Anne Clifford, 1616-1619, edited by Katherine O. Acheson, Garland, 1995, pp. 1 - 37, 133.