Lady Anne Halkett

Suzanne Trill (University of Edinburgh)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.04: English Writing and Culture of the Seventeenth Century, 1625-1688.
Vol. editors: Jennifer Brady (Rhodes College), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Neil Forsyth (Université de Lausanne), Claire Preston (Queen Mary, University of London), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University)

Dates

Born 4 Jan 1621
Died 1699
Activity 1644-1699

Places

Born in England
Active in England; Scotland; Netherlands

Cultural Identities

Feminist

Activities

Primary

Autobiographer
Letter-writer/ Diarist
Man/ Woman of Letters
Political writer

Other

Biographer
Educationalist
Hymnist/ Psalmist

Resources

Halkett's Works

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In the first extant volume of

Occationall Meditations

(

. 1658/9) in an entry entitled “Upon the report of new troubles like to begin,” Lady Anne Halkett beings with the following observation: “I am not very old; yett I haue Seene Such changes as those that hath liued hundreds of yeares hath nott Seene the like” (NLS. Ms. 6490: 56). At the age of 37, Lady Anne Halkett had indeed already experienced tumultuous events, not the least of which being the Civil Wars; however, as she did not die until 1699, more turbulence was to come. Until recently, most accounts of Lady Anne Halkett’s life and experiences have been exclusively based upon her autobiographical

Memoirs

(

fl.

1667-1668) and S. C’s biography,

The Life of the Lady Halket

(Edinburgh, 1701). Remarkable as her

Memoirs

…

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Citation: Trill, Suzanne. "Lady Anne Halkett". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 15 November 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1938, accessed 26 November 2024.]