Anne Howard, Countess of Effingham (27 January 1695 – 15 November 1774), formerly Anne (or Annie) Bristow, was the second wife of Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham.
[2] His first wife, Diana, had produced an heir, Thomas, but Anne had no surviving children.
[3] The couple's only child, George, was born in 1730 and died in 1731.
[4] In 1736, the countess was appointed a Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales, Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.
[5] Her portrait was painted by William Hoare of Bath.