Ann Harrison,
the daughter of John Harrison, was born in London
in 1625. At the age of nineteen she married the diplomat, Sir Richard
Fanshawe. Over the next few years she gave birth to 14 live children
and had six miscarriages.
Ann shared
her husband's royalist opinions and went with him on royal service
to France, Ireland and Spain. They supported Charles
I during
the Civil
War and
Sir Richard Fanshawe was captured at the Battle of Worcester.
The couple
went into exile but returned at the Restoration.
Fanshawe served Charles
II in
Portugal (1662-63) and Spain (1664-66).
Anne Fanshawe
died in 1680. Her autobiography, Memoirs,
completed in 1676, were first published in 1829.
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