Ann Ebsworth
Dame Ann Marian Ebsworth,
Queen's Bench Division
.
Biography
Ebsworth's father, Arthur Ebsworth, was an officer in the
Royal Holloway College
, University of London, where she was a formidable debater, captaining teams in intercollegiate contests.
She was
Parole Board
from 1989 to 1992.
She was appointed a
Family Division
.
Ebsworth was the first to be assigned to the
Queen's Bench Division. On 20 May 1992, the day after her 55th birthday, Ebsworth was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
(DBE).
In later life, she was involved in teaching advocacy at
South Eastern Circuit, particularly at an annual course at Keble College, Oxford
.
Personal life
Ebsworth, a Roman Catholic, never married.
Death
She retired in 2001 due to
Peritoneal Mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer. She died on 4 April 2002, aged 64. She never married.[2]
Her funeral service was held at Gray's Inn on 10 April 2002.[3]
Legacy
- She left £1 million to the Institute of Child Health to fund research under the auspices of the Ann Ebsworth Centre for Childhood Epilepsy, at Great Ormond Street Hospital.[4]
- The Dame Ann Ebsworth Memorial Lectures are held annually at the Inner Temple in her memory.
References
- ^ Appointment of Ann Ebsworth as High Court Judge Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ann Ebsworth's obituary in The Guardian, 12 April 2002.
- .
- ^ Press Office Epilepsy chair, ich.ucl.ac.uk; accessed 17 October 2014.
External links
- Obituary The Guardian, 12 April 2002
- Obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 9 April 2002
- Dame Ann Ebsworth Second Memorial Lecture
- London Gazette notice of damehood, 20 May 1992