Anne Annette Minna Cochrane

Dame Anne Annette Minna Cochrane (6 March 1855 – 6 January 1943) 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 (grandson of the Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald), and Rosetta Wheeler-Cuffe (daughter of Sir Jonah Wheeler-Cuffe, 1st Baronet). 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 (DCVO) in the 1938 New Year Honours. She had several siblings and half-siblings, including a younger brother, Thomas Belhaven Henry Cochrane (1856–1925) and half-brother Alexander Baillie-Cochrane, 1st Baron Lamington (1816–1890).