A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Wharton, Anne, Countess of

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WHARTON, ANNE, COUNTESS OF,

Daughter of Sir Henry Lee, of Oxfordshire; married Thomas, Earl of Wharton, and distinguished herself by her learning and poetical works. She died in 1685. One of her plays was entitled, "Love's Martyr, or Wit above Crowns." Many of her poems are printed in the collections of Dryden and Nichols. She had no children.