biography
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Winchilsea, Anne Finch, Countess of
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née Kingsmill
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| female
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| lived:
| (1661–1721)
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| biography:
| Poet, born in Sidmonton, Hampshire, S England, UK. In 1684 she married Heneage Finch, who became Earl of Winchilsea in 1712. Her longest poem, a Pindaric ode called ‘The Spleen’, was printed in 1701, and her Miscellany Poems appeared in 1713. She was a friend of Pope. |
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