Margaret, Countess of Lichfield was Patrick Anson's stepmother (Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, 1939-2005)

Suggested a hypothetical explanation for the inscription on The Shepherds' Monument in Shugborough Hall as standing for:

Out of your own sweet vale, Alicia vanish vanity, twixt Deity and Man, thou, Shepherdess, the way

(private correspondence,18 May 1987)