# Anne Brett
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{{Infobox person
| name = Anne Brett
| image = Anne Gerard, Viscountess Brandon.jpg
| caption = Anne Gerard, 1687 engraving as Viscountess Brandon
| birth_name = Anne Mason
| birth_date = {{circa|1667}}
| birth_place = [Shropshire](/source/Shropshire)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1753|10|11|1667}}
| death_place = [Bond Street](/source/Bond_Street)
| spouse = {{Marriage|[Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield](/source/Charles_Gerard%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Macclesfield)|1682|1698|reason=div}}
Henry Brett
| partner = [Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers](/source/Richard_Savage%2C_4th_Earl_Rivers)
| children = 3
}}
'''Anne Brett''' (also '''Anna'''; {{née|'''Mason'''}}; 1667/68 – 11 October 1753), was Countess of Macclesfield before her divorce in 1698 and a courtier of the [Kingdom of Great Britain](/source/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain).
== Biography ==
Brett was born in [Shropshire](/source/Shropshire) in 1667 or 1668. Her parents were Anna Margaretta Long and Sir [Richard Mason](/source/Richard_Mason_(politician)) and she was the granddaughter of [Sir James Long, 2nd Baronet](/source/Sir_James_Long%2C_2nd_Baronet). Her sister Dorothy married [Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet](/source/Sir_William_Brownlow%2C_4th_Baronet).
She first married [Charles Gerard, Viscount Brandon](/source/Charles_Gerard%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Macclesfield) when she was fifteen. The marriage was not a success but divorce was difficult. She had two children with [Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers](/source/Richard_Savage%2C_4th_Earl_Rivers) before her marriage was ended in 1698. Whilst she waited for their divorce her husband became the Earl of Macclesfield so she was a countess when they parted. She was a rich countess as over £12,000 was returned to her from before her marriage. Her children, Anne and Richard Savage had been kept a secret. She said that they died young, but years later the poet [Richard Savage](/source/Richard_Savage_(poet)) claimed to be her son.[{{Cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-70843|title=Brett [née Mason], Anne [other married name Anne Gerard, countess of Macclesfield] (1667/8–1753), courtier, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|year=2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/70843|access-date=2019-03-03}}]
Countess Macclesfield was appointed as a [Lady in Waiting](/source/Lady_in_Waiting) to Princess Anne. Her second husband was [Henry Brett](/source/Henry_Brett_(colonel)).[{{cite web |title=Brett, Henry (1675-1724), of Cowley and Sandywell Park, nr. Dowdeswell, Glos. History of Parliament Online |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/brett-henry-1675-1724 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}] They had a daughter,[ [Anna Margharetta](/source/Anna_Leman),][{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DqkTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA310|title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland|last1=Burke|first1=John|last2=Burke|first2=Sir Bernard|last3=Burke|first3=Bernard|date=1841|publisher=Scott, Webster, and Geary|language=en}}] who was said to be a mistress of [George I of Great Britain](/source/George_I_of_Great_Britain). However there is poor evidence for this.