Brief Life History of Anne Palmer
When Lady Anne Palmer FitzRoy, Countess of Sussex was born on 25 February 1661, in Westminster, Middlesex, England, her father, Charles II Stuart King of England and Scotland, was 30 and her mother, Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland, was 20. She married Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex on 16 May 1674, in Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 16 May 1722, in Kent, England, at the age of 61, and was buried in Lynsted, Kent, England.
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- Anne Ambilud, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Anne Palmer Lennard, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ann Lennard in entry for Ann Lennard, "England, Middlesex, Westminster, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"
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World Events (2)
1688 · Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
1720 · South Sea Bubble
The South Sea Bubble Bill was passed by the House of Lords in 1720. This allowed the South Sea company to monopolize trade with South America. The company underwrote the English National Debt which promised 5% interest from the government. As shares rose exponentially, many companies were created and many fortunes were made. The stocks crashed and many people lost their money which caused them to become destitute overnight and suicide was common. Robert Walpole took charge of the South Sea Bubble Financial Crisis by dividing the national debt between the Bank of England, the Treasury, and the Sinking Fund.
Name Meaning
English: from Anglo-Norman French fi(t)z ‘son’ (from Latin filius), used originally to distinguish a son from a father bearing the same personal name and then conventionalized as a hereditary surname, or short for a surname of which fiz ‘son’ was the first element, for example Fitzhenry and Fitzroy .
Altered form of English Fitch .
German: from a vernacular pet form of the personal name Vinzenz (see Vincent ) or Vitus (see Vito , compare Veit ). Compare also Fietz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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