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Lady Anne and her maidservant caused consternation by appearing in public in Edinburgh dressed as boys. Her peers and friends were also said to have been embarrassed when she published lampoons and verses of a "coarse" nature, for which she was censured in the
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Dick died childless in 1741 and her husband in 1746. The title passed to her brother-in-law, the physician
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The baronetcy had been created for Sir John Dick Bt (1719–1804) as the British Consul at
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Jennett Humphreys, "Dick, Anne, Lady Dick (died 1741)", rev. David Turner,
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Four Books of Choice Old Scotish Ballads, 1823-1844
112:The Feminist Companion to Literature in English 8: 51:, as Sir William Dick and Anne, Lady Dick. 107: 105: 103: 128:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 99: 41:George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie 122: 120: 16:Scottish poet and eccentric, died 1741 43:and her father was a Scottish judge, 7: 87:, who moved into the family seat of 75:(41-43) in 1823 and others in 1824. 228:18th-century Scottish women writers 14: 39:Anne Mackenzie's grandfather was 69:Dictionary of National Biography 1: 223:Female-to-male cross-dressers 213:18th-century Scottish poets 146:Old and New Edinburgh Vol V 132:Retrieved 21 December 2014. 71:. Three such appeared in a 244: 180:Thomas George Stevenson, 186:Retrieved Dec. 13, 2021. 130:(Oxford, UK: OUP, 2004) 167:C. Kirkpatrick Sharpe, 218:Writers from Edinburgh 208:Scottish women poets 89:Prestonfield House 85:Sir Alexander Dick 235: 188: 178: 172: 165: 159: 158: 156: 154: 140: 134: 124: 115: 109: 243: 242: 238: 237: 236: 234: 233: 232: 193: 192: 191: 179: 175: 169:Book of Ballads 166: 162: 152: 150: 143:Grant, Robert. 142: 141: 137: 125: 118: 110: 101: 97: 81: 73:Book of Ballads 64: 37: 17: 12: 11: 5: 241: 239: 231: 230: 225: 220: 215: 210: 205: 195: 194: 190: 189: 173: 160: 135: 116: 98: 96: 93: 91:in Edinburgh. 80: 77: 63: 60: 36: 33: 29:Anne Mackenzie 25:Anne Cunyngham 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 240: 229: 226: 224: 221: 219: 216: 214: 211: 209: 206: 204: 201: 200: 198: 187: 183: 177: 174: 170: 164: 161: 149:. p. 114 148: 147: 139: 136: 133: 129: 123: 121: 117: 113: 108: 106: 104: 100: 94: 92: 90: 86: 78: 76: 74: 70: 62:Consternation 61: 59: 57: 52: 50: 46: 42: 34: 32: 30: 26: 22: 181: 176: 168: 163: 151:. Retrieved 145: 138: 127: 111: 82: 72: 68: 65: 53: 48: 45:Lord Royston 38: 28: 24: 20: 18: 203:1741 deaths 153:21 December 197:Categories 95:References 35:Background 21:Anne Dick 184:, 1828. 171:, 1823. 56:Leghorn 79:Death 19:Lady 155:2014 49:Dick 27:or 23:or 199:: 119:^ 102:^ 58:. 157:.

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George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie
Lord Royston
Leghorn
Sir Alexander Dick
Prestonfield House





Retrieved 21 December 2014.
Old and New Edinburgh Vol V
Retrieved Dec. 13, 2021.
Categories
1741 deaths
Scottish women poets
18th-century Scottish poets
Writers from Edinburgh
Female-to-male cross-dressers
18th-century Scottish women writers

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