Anne Leighton (c1591-1628), First wife of Sir John St John, 1st Baronet
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Anne Leighton was born in 1591, the youngest child of Sir Thomas Leighton and his wife Elizabeth Knollys. Anne shares her maternal ancestry with Queen Elizabeth I and the Boleyn family. As a member of the Queen’s closest family, Anne’s mother Elizabeth grew up at court and it would seem her daughter did too.
Anne married John St. John, first baronet, at St. John’s Church, Hackney on July 9, 1604. John was 19 years old and Anne 12. Their first child, a son named Oliver, was born in February 1612/13 suggesting that the young couple did not live together immediately. Anne went on to have another 12 children, dying after the birth of the 13th in 1628.
This portrait of Anne in which she bears a striking resemblance to the Tudor Queen, is attributed to Gilbert Jackson and hangs in the Dining Room at Lydiard House.
Medium - oil on canvas
Measurements - H 58 x W 45 cm
Purchased by Swindon Corporation in 1965 from Vernon St.John, 6th Viscount Bolingbroke
- Year:
- c. 1620
- Artist:
- Gilbert Jackson (active 1615-1645)
- Type:
- Portrait
- Location:
- Dining Room, Lydiard House
- Owner:
- Swindon Borough Council
- Reference:
- Lyd 1992/013
- Copyright:
- Lydiard House
- Credit:
- Friends of Lydiard Park
- Last updated on:
- Tuesday 26th September 2023
