Background
She was born in Epping, Victoria as Jacobena Victoria Alice Grutzner, daughter of Jacob and Frances (née Ladhams) Grutzner.
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Career
Jacobena Grutzner married butcher and meat exporter William Charles Angliss (1865–1957) at Saint Columb"s Church, Hawthorn, Victoria on 31 March 1919. They had one child, a daughter, Eirene Rose. In his will, he set aside £1 million for the creation of a charitable trust.
Lady Angliss, who was also involved with several charities, became chairman of the trust.
Along with being trustee of the William Angliss Estate, she was chairman of the Bluff Downs Pastoral Company and of Miranda Downs Properties Limited.
She was president of the Astra Chamber Music Society and director of the National Memorial Theatre. On 1 January 1975 she was created a Dame Commander (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) of the Order of the British Empire for community and welfare services.
She had previously been made a Commander of the order (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) on 9 June 1949 for her work as President of the Child Welfare Association of Victoria. Her granddaughter, Diana Gibson (née Knox), is today a prominent Victorian philanthropist and is the Chair of the William Angliss Charitable Fund.
Membership
Jacobena Angliss"s husband, William (who was knighted in 1939), was a member of the Legislative Council of Victoria from 1912 to 1952, had wide experience in industry management and accumulated great wealth through the establishment of a number of pastoral companies. A member of both the Lyceum and Alexandra clubs in Melbourne, Lady Angliss enjoyed gardening and music
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Australia