Mary Ann, Lady Sadler (née Harvey; 1852 – 1931) was an English heiress and society hostess. She was the first wife of the educationist Sir Michael Sadler and the mother of the novelist Michael Sadleir. Lady Sadler, who was born into a wealthy Yorkshire family as the daughter of a linen manufacturer, served as a society and academic hostess throughout her husband's educational career, hosting salons at their homes. Biography Lady Sadler was born Mary Ann Harvey in Barnsley, Yorkshire in 1852. She was the daughter of Emma Harvey and Charles Harvey, a wealthy linen manufacturer. The family lived at Park House in Ardsley. Lady Sadler had two younger siblings, Kate and Charles. On 14 July 1885, she married Michael Ernest Sadler in London. Her husband, who was nine years younger than she, was working as a secretary at Oxford and as a steward of Christ Church. On 28 December 1888, Lady Sadler gave birth to a son, Michael Thomas Harvey Sadler. The family lived at Bensington House, West Park, Harrogate and employed one servant. She was her husband's hostess at their house in Headingley, Leeds, called Buckingham House, where Sadler's Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings were displayed in a picture gallery, receiving many cultural figures like Roger Fry and emerging artists like Henry Moore and Jacob Kramer. In the 1910s, Lady Sadler and her family lived at Eastwood, Bridgwater Road, Weybridge. Her husband was a professor of history at the University of Manchester, where her son was also enrolled as a student. Her husband was knighted in 1919, at which time she was entitled to the title of "Lady Sadler". The family moved back to Oxford in 1923 so that her husband could take up post as Master of University College. Lady Sadler died on 16 March 1931 at the Master's Lodgings of the University College. In her will, her estate was valued at £88,000. Her ashes are buried in Oxford’s Rose Hill Cemetery. References 1852 births 1931 deaths English socialites British salon-holders People from Barnsley Mary Wives of knights