About Lady Anne Clifford, 14th Baroness de Clifford
Lady Anne Clifford, Countess Dowager of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery, suo jure 14th Baroness de Clifford (30 January 1590 – 22 March 1676) was an English peeress.
In 1605 she inherited her father's ancient barony by writ and became suo jure 14th Baroness de Clifford.
She was a patron of literature and as evidenced by her diary and many letters was a literary personage in her own right.
She held the hereditary office of High Sheriff of Westmorland which role she exercised from 1653 to 1676.