Anna Keay

Anna Keay (born 1974, West Highlands of Scotland) is a British historian and Director of the Landmark Trust.

She was educated at Oban High School in Argyll, Bedales School, and Magdalen College in Oxford. She worked for English Heritage 2002-2012 including seven years as Curator of the Tower of London, and as its Director of Properties Presentation was involved in the restoration of the Elizabethan Garden at Kenilworth Castle which featured in a 2009 BBC television series about English Heritage.

In October 2014 she appeared on BBC Radio 4's The Museum of Curiosity: her hypothetical donation to this fictional museum was the St Edward's Crown, part of the British Crown Jewels.

Keay is the daughter of author John Keay and granddaughter of politician Humphrey Atkins, and is married to historian Simon Thurley. Her mother Julia Keay was also a writer.

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