Anne Jane Carlile

Anne Jane Carlile (8 April 1775 – 14 March 1864) was an Irish temperance pioneer and philanthropist, and one of the first women involved in the temperance movement in Great Britain and Ireland.

Early life and family Anne Jane Carlile was born Anne Jane Hamill in Rooskey, County Monaghan on 8 April 1775. She was the youngest child of farmer and linen merchant, David Hamill, and Martha Hamill (née Armstrong). Her father and her brother John had connections to the Society of United Irishmen. She married Rev. Francis Carlile (1775?–1811) in 1800. He was the Presbyterian minister for Bailieborough and Corraneary, County Cavan. The couple had six daughters and one son. Carlile opened a successful drapery shop in their home at Bailieborough to supplement the family's income. When her husband died in 1811, she closed the business and moved the family to Derry.