Annie Helen, the eldest daughter of Ernest Arbouin of Beckworth, Lindfield, Sussex and Agnes Burnett his wife (dau of Robert Fassett Burnett of May Place, Kent) was born at Cognac, Charente, France. She married Col. Robert Gordon SHARMAN-CRAWFORD at Hove, Sussex on 12 September 1882.

Lilian Dean (Lady Spender) in her diaries (1913-1920s) refers to Mrs Sharman-Crawford as 'a fascinating person, in spite of her sharp tongue'