Individual Details
Anne Templer
(18 Dec 1757 - 12 Feb 1832)
Widowed at an early age, Ann (Templer) Pole returned to live with her brother Rev. John Templer at his mansion, Lindridge, Kingsteignton, where she died one week after he did. She and Rev. John are mentioned on a memorial in Shute Church, East Devon. [Research by Stephen Coombes of Chudleigh, Devon, 2002]
Anne, the only daughter of James and Mary, was baptised at Rotherhithe when 29 days old on 16 January 1758. She married in 1779 Sir John William de la Pole, 6th Baronet, of a well known Devonshire family whose seat was at Shute. Several Templer monuments as well as de la Pole monuments are to be found in Shute church.
Rarely do we find anything in our Templer history to throw light on the character or activity of our womenfolk. No doubt like most whose fate was to be born into the class of the landed gentry, they waited patiently at home for a suitable husband to turn up. When he did, they then continued to wait patiently at home for the numerous offspring to turn up. In the case of Anne, however, her memorial in Shute church tells us a little of her last days-:
"The last days of her life were devoted to soothing the pillow of mortal sickness for her beloved brother, the Reverend John Templer. He died at Lindridge on 5 February 1832 aged 81. Under the same roof on the ensuing Sabbath unable to endure her irreparable loss she followed him to the land of eternal rest in her 74th year. The daughter of James Templer of Stover House, she married 9 January 1781 and died 12 February 1832"
Her portrait painted by George Romney was sold in 1913 for £141,370 to Boston Art Gallery. Romney was originally paid 80 guineas for it.
George Romney painting
PROVENANCE1786, John William de la Pole (b. 1757 - d. 1799), 6th Bart., Shute House, near Axminster, Devonshire [see note 1]; 1799, by descent through the family to Sir Frederick Arundell de la Pole (b. 1850 - d. 1926), 11th Bart., Shute House, Devonshire; June 13, 1913, De La Pole sale, Christie's, London, lot 125, sold for £41,370 to Duveen Brothers, Inc., London; by 1919, sold by Duveen to Herbert Stern (b. 1859 - d. 1919), 1st Baron Michelham, Hellingley, Sussex; 1919, by inheritance to Stern's wife, Aimee Geraldine Bradshaw Stern (d. 1927), Baroness Michelham, London and Paris; November 23, 1926, Michelham sale, Hampton's, London, lot 297, sold for £46,200 to Agnew's, London (stock no. 6622); 1926, sold by Agnew's to Alvan Tufts Fuller (b. 1878 - d. 1958), Boston [see note 2]; 1959, to Fuller Foundation Inc., Boston; 1961, gift of Fuller Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 10, 1961)
NOTES:
[1] Original commission from the artist by the husband of the sitter. Anne Templer (d. 1832) of Stover House, Devonshire, married John William de la Pole (d. 1799) on January 9, 1791. [2] See Agnew's, 1817-1967 (London, 1967), n.p.
Anne, the only daughter of James and Mary, was baptised at Rotherhithe when 29 days old on 16 January 1758. She married in 1779 Sir John William de la Pole, 6th Baronet, of a well known Devonshire family whose seat was at Shute. Several Templer monuments as well as de la Pole monuments are to be found in Shute church.
Rarely do we find anything in our Templer history to throw light on the character or activity of our womenfolk. No doubt like most whose fate was to be born into the class of the landed gentry, they waited patiently at home for a suitable husband to turn up. When he did, they then continued to wait patiently at home for the numerous offspring to turn up. In the case of Anne, however, her memorial in Shute church tells us a little of her last days-:
"The last days of her life were devoted to soothing the pillow of mortal sickness for her beloved brother, the Reverend John Templer. He died at Lindridge on 5 February 1832 aged 81. Under the same roof on the ensuing Sabbath unable to endure her irreparable loss she followed him to the land of eternal rest in her 74th year. The daughter of James Templer of Stover House, she married 9 January 1781 and died 12 February 1832"
Her portrait painted by George Romney was sold in 1913 for £141,370 to Boston Art Gallery. Romney was originally paid 80 guineas for it.
George Romney painting
PROVENANCE1786, John William de la Pole (b. 1757 - d. 1799), 6th Bart., Shute House, near Axminster, Devonshire [see note 1]; 1799, by descent through the family to Sir Frederick Arundell de la Pole (b. 1850 - d. 1926), 11th Bart., Shute House, Devonshire; June 13, 1913, De La Pole sale, Christie's, London, lot 125, sold for £41,370 to Duveen Brothers, Inc., London; by 1919, sold by Duveen to Herbert Stern (b. 1859 - d. 1919), 1st Baron Michelham, Hellingley, Sussex; 1919, by inheritance to Stern's wife, Aimee Geraldine Bradshaw Stern (d. 1927), Baroness Michelham, London and Paris; November 23, 1926, Michelham sale, Hampton's, London, lot 297, sold for £46,200 to Agnew's, London (stock no. 6622); 1926, sold by Agnew's to Alvan Tufts Fuller (b. 1878 - d. 1958), Boston [see note 2]; 1959, to Fuller Foundation Inc., Boston; 1961, gift of Fuller Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 10, 1961)
NOTES:
[1] Original commission from the artist by the husband of the sitter. Anne Templer (d. 1832) of Stover House, Devonshire, married John William de la Pole (d. 1799) on January 9, 1791. [2] See Agnew's, 1817-1967 (London, 1967), n.p.
Events
| Birth | 18 Dec 1757 | Rotherhithe, Surrey, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Christen | 16 Jan 1758 | Rotherhithe, Surrey, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Marriage | 9 Jan 1779 | (possibly Stover House), Teigngrace, Devon, England, United Kingdom - Sir John William de la Pole 6th Baronet | |||
| Burial | 1832 | Shute, Devon, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Death | 12 Feb 1832 | Kingsteignton, Devon, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Death | 12 Aug 1832 | Shute, Devon, England, United Kingdom |
Families
| Spouse | Sir John William de la Pole 6th Baronet (1757 - 1799) |
| Child | Sir William Templer Pole 7th Baronet of Shute, Devon (1782 - 1847) |
| Child | Ann Mary "Marieanne" de la Pole (1784 - ) |
| Child | John George de la Pole (1786 - 1803) |
| Father | James Templer (1722 - 1782) |
| Mother | Mary Parlby (1728 - 1784) |
| Sibling | James Templer (1748 - 1813) |
| Sibling | Rev John Templer (1750 - 1832) |
| Sibling | William Templer (1752 - 1777) |
| Sibling | George Templer HEIC (1755 - 1819) |
| Sibling | Susanna Templer (1760 - 1761) |
| Sibling | Henry Templer (1760 - 1761) |
| Sibling | Edward Templer (1762 - 1764) |
| Sibling | Lt Col Henry Line Templer (1763 - 1818) |
| Sibling | Sophia Sarah Templer (1765 - 1769) |
| Sibling | Charles Beckford Templer (1770 - 1786) |