• Source: Lady Anne Somerset

Lady Anne Mary Carr (née Somerset, born 21 January 1955) is an English historian and writer. She is a recipient of the Elizabeth Longford Prize, for Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion.




Biography


Lady Anne Somerset was born in England, and was educated in London, Gloucestershire, and Kent. She read history at King's College London, graduated in 1976 and began her professional career as a research assistant to several historians.
She published her own first book in 1980; it was a popular biography of King William IV, which was reprinted in 1993. She has gone on to write four further works, all focused on English history, mainly in the Tudor and Stuart periods. She has also written about the Affair of the Poisons in Louis XIV's France, and a well-received biography of Queen Anne.
Lady Anne is the widow of the artist Matthew Carr and daughter of David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort. Her mother Caroline was the daughter of Henry Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath, and the author Daphne Fielding.




Major works


The Life and Times of King William IV, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980
Ladies in Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1984
Elizabeth I, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1991
Unnatural Murder: Poison at the Court of James I, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997
The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide & Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003
Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion, London: HarperPress, 2012
Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers. A Personal History, London: William Collins, 2024




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Anne Boleyn
• Anne, Ratu Britania Raya
• Edward Seymour, Adipati Somerset ke-1
• Charles Seymour, Adipati Somerset ke-6
• Elizabeth I dari Inggris
• Henry FitzRoy
• Diana, Putri Wales
• Edward VI dari Inggris
• Jane Seymour
• Catherine Parr
• Lady Anne Somerset
• Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester (1502–1565)
• Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset
• Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort
• Elizabeth Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort
• David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort
• Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester
• Anne, Queen of Great Britain
• Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester
• Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester (1546–1621)