Bridget Cracroft-Eley

Bridget Katharine Cracroft-Eley CVO JP (29 October 1933 – 29 August 2008)[1] was a British secretary, farmer and magistrate.

Born in Lincolnshire, she was the daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Weston Cracroft-Amcotts and his wife Rhona Clifton-Brown, daughter of Edward Clifton-Brown.[1] In 1995, she received an honorary doctorate by the De Montfort University and in 2003 by the University of Lincoln.[2]

Cracroft-Eley was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 1989[3] and served as Justice of the Peace of that county.[1] She was appointed the first female Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire in 1995, an office she finally held until her death.[4] In 1997, Cracroft-Eley became High Steward of Lincoln Cathedral.[5]

On 31 October 1959, she married Robert Peel Charles Cracroft-Eley (d. 1996), son of Maxwell Eley.[1] They had two children, one son and one daughter.[5] Cracroft-Eley was awarded a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the New Year Honours 2008.[4] She died in August of that year at her home in Hackthorn, aged 74, of a brain tumour.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "p. 18406 § 184057 - Bridget Katharine Cracroft-Amcotts". Retrieved 12 January 2007.
  2. ↑ "University of Lincoln, Official Website - News". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "No. 51678". The London Gazette. 17 March 1989. p. 3357.
  4. 1 2 "Obituary - Bridget Cracroft-Eley". Market Rasen Mail. 2 September 2008. p. 1. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
  5. 1 2 3 "Bridget Cracroft-Eley : Obituary". Retrieved 31 January 2014.
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Sir Henry Nevile		 Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire
1995–2008		 Succeeded by
Anthony Worth


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