A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Thicknesse, Anne
THICKNESSE, ANNE,
Was born in the Temple, in London, in 1787. Her beauty and talents early introduced her into the world of fashion. She gave three concerts on her own account, having left her father's house to avoid being forced into a marriage. By her concerts she is said to have realized £1500; and acquiring the patronage of Lady Betty Thicknesse, became domesticated in her family. On the death of this lady, she married Governor Thicknesse, and accompanied her husband on various journeys. She was with him in France when he died, in 1792, and narrowly escaped execution, Robespierre having sent an order to that effect. On her liberation she returned to England, and died at her house, in the Edgware Road, in 1824, Her principal works are "Biographical Sketches of Literary Females of the French Nation" and "The School of Fashion," a novel.