English peer and landowner
Annesley arms John Annesley, 4th Earl of Anglesey (18 January 1676 – 18 September 1710), was an English peer and landowner.
A younger son of James Annesley, 2nd Earl of Anglesey (1645–1690), by his marriage to Lady Elizabeth Manners, daughter of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland , he succeeded to the family estates and Earldom of Anglesey on the death of his brother James in 1701/02. On 21 May 1706, he married Lady Henrietta Maria Stanley (1687–1718), the daughter of William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby . Some years later, the title of Baron Strange was called out of abeyance in her favour and she became Baroness Strange in her own right.[ 1] [ 2]
In 1710, shortly before his death,[ 3] Vice Treasurer , Receiver-General and Paymaster of the Forces for Ireland and was sworn into the Queen's Privy Council .[ 1]
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