Ann Ebsworth

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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.

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