Peerage Record – 36870

     Elizabeth Ann de Sausmarez was born on 6 June 1931.¹ She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Havilland George Temple de Sausmarez and Alice Ada Howell.² She married Donald Eric Whitehead Murton, son of Douglas Ormorod Murton, on 27 February 1954.¹
     She was (an unknown value) at The Royal School, Bath, Somerset, England^G.¹ From 27 February 1954, her married name became Murton. She lived in 2003 at Homefield, Wadhurst, Sussex, England^G.¹

     Donald Eric Whitehead Murton was born circa 1925.² He was the son of Douglas Ormorod Murton.³ He married Elizabeth Ann de Sausmarez, daughter of Lt.-Col. Havilland George Temple de Sausmarez and Alice Ada Howell, on 27 February 1954.¹ He died on 7 September 2017.²
     He was given the name of Donald Eric Murton at birth.² On 28 January 1958 his name was legally changed to Donald Eric Whitehead Murton.²

     Andrew Charles Murton was born on 23 May 1956.¹ He is the son of Donald Eric Whitehead Murton and Elizabeth Ann de Sausmarez.²

     Richard David Henry Murton was born on 31 December 1959.¹ He is the son of Donald Eric Whitehead Murton and Elizabeth Ann de Sausmarez.²

     Susan Elizabeth Murton was born on 2 February 1958.¹ She is the daughter of Donald Eric Whitehead Murton and Elizabeth Ann de Sausmarez.²

     Anna Kathryn Murton was born on 12 October 1966.¹ She is the daughter of Donald Eric Whitehead Murton and Elizabeth Ann de Sausmarez.²

     Annie Elizabeth Mann was the daughter of Reverend F. W. Mann.¹ She married, secondly, Sir Havilland Walter de Sausmarez, 1st and last Bt., son of Reverend Havilland de Sausmarez and Anne Priaulx Walters, on 9 April 1896.¹ She died on 16 March 1947.¹
     She was awarded the Medaille de la Reine Elisabeth.² She was appointed Dame Grand Cross, Order of the British Empire (G.B.E.)¹ From 9 April 1896, her married name became de Sausmarez.¹ She was president and honorary secretary of the British Women’s Work Association in China during the First World War.¹

     Sir Havilland Walter de Sausmarez, 1st and last Bt. was born on 30 May 1861.¹ He was the son of Reverend Havilland de Sausmarez and Anne Priaulx Walters.² He married, firstly, Dora Beatrice Mann, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Gother Frederick Mann and Margaret Macleod Baynes, on 2 June 1892.¹ He married, secondly, Annie Elizabeth Mann, daughter of Reverend F. W. Mann, on 9 April 1896.² He died on 5 March 1941 at age 79, without issue.¹
     He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, in 1883 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1884 entitled to practise as a barrister.¹ He was with the Foreign Office Judicial Service in 1892.² He held the office of Assistant Judge [Zanzibar] in 1892.¹ He held the office of Assistant Judge of the Supreme Consular Court for the Ottoman Empire between 1898 and 1903.² He held the office of Judge of the Supreme Consular Court for the Ottoman Empire between 1903 and 1905.² He was appointed Knight in 1905.¹ He held the office of Judge of the Supreme Court for China between 1905 and 1921.² He held the office of President of the Court of Appeal [Hong Kong] between 1912 and 1920.² He held the office of Bailiff of Guernsey between 1922 and 1929.² He was awarded the honorary degree of Docteur of Law by University of Caen, Caen, France^G, in 1927.¹ He was created 1st Baronet de Sausmarez, of Jerburg, Seigneur of the fief de Sausmarez and Châtelain de Jerburg [U.K.] on 26 June 1928.² On his death, his baronetcy became extinct.²

     Maj.-Gen. Gother Frederick Mann was born on 13 December 1817 at Montreal, Ontario, Canada.² He was the son of Colonel Frederick William Mann and Martha Dobrée.² He married Margaret Macleod Baynes, daughter of Lt.-Col. Henry Baynes and Henrietta le Marchant, on 24 September 1845 at Guernsey, Channel Islands.² He died on 2 March 1881 at age 63 at Upper Norwood, London, England.²
     He gained the rank of Major-General in the Royal Engineers.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)¹ He was Commissioner to Canton between 1857 and 1860.² He was Commissioner to Malta between 1870 and 1874.²