Philippa Mohun d.1715

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Philippa MOHUN, Baroness Mohun d.1715

Biographical Note

Daughter of Arthur Annesley, Earl of Anglesey; married firstly Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun (d.1677), and secondly (sometime after 1683) William Coward.

Books

In 1679 she placed a newspaper advertisement, as Lady Mohun, offering a reward for a number of books stolen from her closet.

Sources

  • Cokayne, G. E. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland. London, 1910-59.
  • Hackel, H. The Countess of Bridgewater’s London library, in J. Andersen & E. Sauer (eds), Books and readers, 2002, 138-59, 139.