Annie, Lady de Sausmarez

Who was Annie, Lady de Sausmarez?

Annie Elizabeth, Lady de Sausmarez GBE, often called Lady de Sausmarez, even after she was created a dame, née Annie Elizabeth Mann, was a British philanthropist who was president of the British Women's Work Association in China from 1914 to 1919.

For this she was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in the 1920 civilian war honours.

Born in Guernsey, she was the daughter of a clergyman.

In 1897, she married Sir Havilland de Sausmarez, a judge in the Foreign Office Judicial Service. Her husband was a judge of the British Supreme Consular Court in the Ottoman Empire until 1905. In that year, Sir Havilland was appointed, Judge of the British Supreme Court for China. She and Sir Havilland lived in Shanghai until 1920, when they returned to Guernsey. Sir Havilland then served Bailiff of Guernsey from 1922 to 1929. She died at her home in Guernsey, aged 90.