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Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a travel writer, newspaper editor, and, by some accounts, the first professional female journalist in the United States. Headstone of Anne Royall in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington DC
Anne (centre) and her sister Mary (left) with their parents, the Duke and Duchess of York, painted by Peter Lely and Benedetto Gennari II. Anne was born at 11:39 p.m. on 6 February 1665 at St James's Palace, London, the fourth child and second daughter of the Duke of York (later King James II and VII), and his first wife, Anne Hyde. [1]
Anne Edwards (August 20, 1927 – January 20, 2024) was an American writer best known for her biographies, including those of celebrities such as Maria Callas, Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, Vivien Leigh, Margaret Mitchell, Ronald Reagan, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Temple and royalty including Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, Princess Diana and Countess Sonya Tolstoy.
Between 1711 and 1714 he served as Lord High Treasurer, effectively Queen Anne's chief minister. He has been called a prime minister, [1] although it is generally accepted that the de facto first minister to be a prime minister was Robert Walpole in 1721.
She has also written about the Affair of the Poisons in Louis XIV's France, and a well-received biography of Queen Anne. [2] 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. [5]
In 2004, Forbes named Rowling "the first billion-dollar author". [177] Rowling denied that she was a billionaire in a 2005 interview. [178] By 2012, Forbes concluded she was no longer a billionaire due to her charitable donations and high UK taxes. [179] She was named the world's highest paid author by Forbes in 2008, [180] 2017 [181] and 2019 ...
Ann Smith Franklin (October 2, 1696 – April 16, 1763) was an American colonial newspaper printer and publisher. She inherited the business from her husband, James Franklin, brother of Benjamin Franklin. [1]
[d] Eleven days after Anne Boleyn's execution, Henry married Jane Seymour. Queen Jane died the next year shortly after the birth of their son, Edward, who was the undisputed heir apparent to the throne. Elizabeth was placed in her half-brother's household and carried the chrisom, or baptismal cloth, at his christening. [12]