Anne Scott-James

Anne Eleanor Scott-James, Lady Lancaster (5 April 1913 – 13 May 2009)[1] was a British journalist and author.

She was one of Britain's first female career journalists, editors and columnists, and latterly author of a series of gardening books.

She joined the staff of Vogue in 1934, initially as a secretary, but quickly advanced to become a columnist, and latterly, Beauty Editor.

From 1945 to 1951, Scott-James was the editor of the British Harper's Bazaar, during which time she commissioned work from such individuals as Cecil Beaton, John Betjeman and Elizabeth David.

[3] Scott-James died aged 96, and was survived by her son and daughter, and stepson and stepdaughter by Sir Osbert Lancaster.