Anne Brewis

Anne Beatrice Mary Brewis (, 26 March 1911 – 31 March 2002), known as Lady Anne Brewis, was an English botanist, environmental campaigner and writer. She is best known for the book The Flora of Hampshire.

Family Brewis was born as Lady Anne Beatrice Mary Palmer on 26 March 1911.

She was the daughter of the Conservative politician Roundell Palmer (then known by the courtesy title Viscount Wolmer, later the 3rd Earl of Selborne) and his wife Viscountess Wolmer (née the Hon. Grace Ridley), the third daughter of Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley. She had five siblings and was born just three months after her father's election as Member of Parliament for South-West Lancashire, Newton Division.

They also had four children:

Thomas William Brewis (b. 27 Aug 1937) Robert Salusbury Brewis (b. 21 May 1939 Mary Elizabeth Maud Brewis (b. 11 Apr 1947) Susan Amy Brewis (b. 21 Jun 1949)

She was widowed in 1972.

Over 27 years, she meticulously catalogued hundreds of species of vascular plants, and co-authored with Francis Rose and Peter Bowman the definitive guide to Hampshire's plant life, The Flora of Hampshire, published in 1996.

Death Shortly before her death, Brewis donated the majority of her plant collections to the Hampshire County Museum Service.