Anne Cecil, Countess of Salisbury (9 August 1693 – 22 March 1757),[1][2] formerly Lady Anne Tufton, was the wife of James Cecil, 5th Earl of Salisbury.
She was the daughter of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, and his wife, the former Lady Catharine Cavendish.
[5] On 12 February 1709, Anne married the earl, who had succeeded his father in the earldom in 1694.
They had four children:[3] The earl died in October 1728, aged 37, and was succeeded by their only son, James.
Anne's youngest daughter, Margaret, died in 1752 of smallpox, at the home of her eldest daughter, Catherine, Countess of Egmont, in Pall Mall, London.