Anne Elizabeth Cowdrey, 14th Lady Herries of Terregles, Baroness Cowdrey of Tonbridge (; 12 June 1938 – 23 November 2014) was a British racehorse trainer and peeress.

Early life and family

Born Lady Anne Fitzalan-Howard on 12 June 1938, she was the eldest of four daughters of

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and The Hon. Lavinia Strutt. She had three younger sisters:

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(who succeeded her as 15th Lady Herries of Terregles),

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and Jane (presently 16th Lady Herries of Terregles). She grew up at the family seat

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. She was educated at the Priory School at Arundel and the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Woldingham.

Career

From 1970 to 1979 she lived at Everingham in the

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, where she was Master of Foxhounds for the Middleton Hunt, before returning to the Arundel area. She began training racehorses at

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in 1983. Herries operated as a racehorse trainer for over thirty years from the Angmering Park estate, on the

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, near

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, Sussex. The most notable horse she trained was the Racing Post Trophy and

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winner Celtic Swing, who was crowned the champion two-year-old of 1994. She also had success in the King Edward VII Stakes, Great Voltigeur Stakes, Coronation Cup and

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with Sheriff's Star. Amongst her other notable horses was Taufan's Melody who won the

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in Australia at

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of 66–1 in 1998, while she won the Wetherby Pattern Chase, Eider Chase and

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with Set Point in the 1970s. She trained fewer winners in later years, but her 2014 record of seven flat winners had been one of her highest for several seasons. Upon the death of her father in 1975 without a son, Lady Anne as the eldest daughter inherited the Herries of Terregles title, a

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, and became the 14th Lady Herries of Terregles. The dukedom and her father's other titles passed to his heir male, Miles Fitzalan-Howard. From 1975 until the reform of the House of Lords in 1999, Herries was eligible to sit in the Lords but chose not to do so.

Personal life

In 1985, Herries married England cricketer

Colin Cowdrey Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, (24 December 1932 – 4 December 2000) was an English cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club from 1950 to 1976, and in 114 Test matches for England from 1954 to 1975. He was born i ...

, the couple remained married until Cowdrey's death in 2000. Herries died in 2014, aged 76, from pneumonia.

References

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