Political activist and churchwoman. Née Parker. Supported her husband's political campaign but also worked in her own right, for example as a BBC governor. She was invested as a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of The British Empire (DBE) in 1924 and became Viscountess Bridgeman when her husband, William Clive Bridgeman, was created at the 1st Viscount Bridgeman in 1929. Our Picture source gives details of her family.
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Caroline Beatrix Bridgeman
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F N Hospital - Duchess of Albany
This stone was laid on January 18th 1909 by HRH the Duchess of Albany. Presid...
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Caroline Martineau
Born Caroline Anne, daughter of Richard Martineau, a director and partner of the Whitbread Brewery. Early on she was interested in the study of natural science, attending lectures at the Royal Ins...
1 memorial
Mrs A. Calvin Lines
Lady District Superintendent in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1893-1923. Dame Grace in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
1 memorial
Caroline DeCamp Benn
Educationalist and writer. Born Cincinnati, Ohio. She came to Britain in 1948 to study at Oxford. There she met Tony Benn, who became her husband. An advocate of comprehensive education, she co-fou...
Person, Education, Literature, Politics & Administration, USA
1 memorial
Federica Montseny
Anarchist and writer. Born Spain. As Minister of Health during the social revolution she was the first woman to be a minister of a Western European country. During Franco's rule, she lived in Franc...
1 memorial
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