Anne Cochrane


Dame Anne Annette Minna Cochrane was a British courtier.

Early life

Cochrane was born in Portsmouth, Portsea Island, Hampshire, into the Scottish Cochrane family, a noble branch of Clan Cochrane. She was the daughter of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, and Rosetta Wheeler-Cuffe.

Career

She was invested as a Dame of Grace, Order of St John, and served as Lady-in-Waiting to HRH Princess Beatrice. She was invested as a Dame Commander, Royal Victorian Order in the 1938 New Year Honours.
She had several siblings and half-siblings, including a younger brother, Thomas Belhaven Henry Cochrane and half-brother Alexander Baillie-Cochrane, 1st Baron Lamington.

Death

Cochrane died in Bournemouth, Dorset, England on 6 January 1943, unmarried, at the age of 87.