Anne Penny, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anne Penny

English poet

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1729

Place of Birth: Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1784

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Wales

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Anne Penny (née Hughes; 6 January 1729 – 17 March 1784) was a British poet, born in Wales to a vicar and his wife.
She married a privateer who owned an estate in Oxford but was left widowed at the age of 22 with a son, Hugh Cloberry Christian, so began writing poetry.
She married a French customs officer, again with a maritime history and the couple moved to London.
There she published a number of works, including her most significant poem An Invocation to the Genius of Britain, a patriotic piece written at the start of the Anglo-French War.
She also published a number of translations of Welsh poems.