Anne Dormer (née Cotterell) (''c.'' 1648–1695), was an English letter writer. She was the wife of Robert Dormer (1628?–1689) of
Rousham
Rousham is a village and civil parish beside the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire. The village is about west of Bicester and about north of Kidlington. The parish is bounded by the River Cherwell in the east, the A4260 main road between Oxford a ...
in Oxfordshire. Her correspondence with her sister Elizabeth has been used in several recent histories on the domestic concerns of seventeenth century women and their legal and romantic relationships with men (part of the study of
women's history
Women's history is the study of the role that Woman, women have played in history and Historiography, the methods required to do so. It includes the study of the history of the growth of woman's rights, women's rights throughout recorded history, ...
).
Anne was the daughter of Sir
Charles Cotterell
Sir Charles Cotterell (7 April 1615 – 7 June 1701), was an English courtier and translator knighted in 1644, after his appointment as master of ceremonies to the court of King Charles I in 1641, a post he held until the execution of Charle ...
and sister of Elizabeth (or Katherine) who married Sir
William Trumbull
Sir William Trumbull, PC (8 September 163914 December 1716) was an English diplomat and politician who was a member of the First Whig Junto.
Early life
Trumbull was born at Easthampstead Park in Berkshire and baptised on 11 September 1639. ...
(who went on diplomatic missions to Paris and Constantinople, and was later Secretary of State). Anne married Robert Dormer of Rousham in Oxfordshire.
James Dormer
James Dormer (1679–1741) was a British Army officer, a lieutenant-general, and colonel of the 1st troop of Horse Grenadier Guards
Life
The son of Robert Dormer (1628?–1689) of Dorton, Buckinghamshire, and his second wife, Anne, daughter of ...
(1679–1741) was their son.
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1695 deaths
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Anne
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female name Anna (name), Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah (given name), Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie (given name), Annie a ...
17th-century English writers
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