Anne Ingram, Viscountess Irvine

Anne, Viscountess Irvine ( – 2 December 1764), was a British court official. She was a poet and a correspondent of Sir John Vanbrugh and Horace Walpole.

Early life Anne was born and was raised in Yorkshire. Her father was Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle and her mother was Anne Capel. Her maternal grandparents were Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex and Lady Elizabeth Percy. By 1712, her parents were irretreviably separated, and Anne seems to have remained close to her father; some of her letters to him survive. She wrote a poem that was a tribute to her father, "Castle Howard" in 1732.

It was not until 1737 that Anne remarried, after sixteen years of widowhood. She married Colonel William Douglas of Kirkness an MP for Kinross-shire, despite the disapproval of her family. Douglas died on 5 August 1747. Anne died 2 December 1764, and is buried near her second husband at Kew.