[5] His mother was the heiress her uncle, Adm. Sir George Broke-Middleton, through which the Saumarez family inherited Shrubland Park at Coddenham, Suffolk, Broke Hall at Ipswich,[6] and Livermore Park at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk.
[8] He fought in World War I, where he was wounded, achieving the rank of Captain in the Scots Guards.
Upon the death of his father, James on 25 April 1937, he succeeded as the 5th Baron de Saumarez, in the Island of Guernsey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, as well as the 5th Baronet Saumarez, in the Island of Guernsey in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
[10] On 30 April 1914, he married Gunhild Balck (1889–1985), daughter of Maj.-Gen. Sir Viktor Gustaf Balck, a Swedish Army officer and sports personality who was one of the original members of the International Olympic Committee and served as president of the International Skating Union for 30 years.
[11] Together, they were the parents of:[8] In 1949, Lady de Saumarez donated a group of Japanese prints acquired by her father-in-law to the British Museum.