Anne Lutton

Anne Lutton (16 December 1791 – 22 August 1881) was an Irish-born United Kingdom Wesleyan Methodist preacher.

Life Lutton was born in Moira in County Down in 1791. She was the last child of a large family and although she never went to school she learnt a wide range of languages from Latin and Greek to Persian and Samaritan. Her father was a linguist too. but the church changed their policy in 1803. However they did allow women to preach to other women. Before 1831, she preached at 27 northern Irish locations on nearly 160 occasions starting in 1818. It was reported that men dressed as women so that they could join the large groups who went to hear her revivalist enthusiasm. and her prose and poetry were published. She lost her sight in 1863.