James Saumarez, 4th Baron de Saumarez

Saumarez was born in London on 17 July 1843, while his parents were living at 41, Prince's Gate, South Kensington.

[2] After rising to the rank of captain in the Grenadier Guards,[6] Saumarez joined the Diplomatic Service in 1867.

[9] In 1869, he exercised his droit de retraite (right of redemption) to buy Saumarez Park and the Le Guet estate at Castel on the island of Guernsey, after his father, the third Baron, had put the property up for sale.

[10] He spent many years in developing Saumarez Park, including building a Japanese house and temple there.

In 1914, Lord Saumarez sold his portrait of Penelope Lee Acton by George Romney to Duveens for £45,000.