Evelyn Emmet, Baroness Emmet of Amberley

The Right Honourable
The Baroness Emmet of Amberley
Member of Parliament for East Grinstead
In office
26 May 1955 – 3 February 1965
Prime Minister Anthony Eden
Preceded by Ralph Clarke
Succeeded by Geoffrey Johnson-Smith
Personal details
Born Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Rodd
(1899-03-18)18 March 1899
Died 10 October 1980(1980-10-10) (aged 81)
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Thomas Addis Emmet
Children 2
Alma mater Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmet, Baroness Emmet of Amberley (née Rodd; 18 March 1899 – 10 October 1980) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Early life

Emmet was the daughter of Lilias Georgina (Guthrie) and the diplomat Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell, and was educated at St Margaret's School, Bushey and at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

Career

She was a member of London County Council from 1925 to 1934, of West Sussex County Council from 1946 to 1967. Emmet was the first Chairman of the Children's Committee of West Sussex County Council and also Chairman of the Child Guidance Committees.[1]

Emmet was a member of the Conservative Women's National Advisory Committee 1951 to 1954.

At the 1955 general election, she was elected as Member of Parliament for East Grinstead. She held the seat until 1965, when she was elevated to a life peerage as Baroness Emmet of Amberley, of Amberley in the County of Sussex,[2] triggering a by-election in East Grinstead.[3]

In the House of Lords, she served as deputy speaker from 1968 to 1977.

See also

References

  • "Emmet, Evelyn Violet Elizabeth, Baroness Emmet of Amberley (1899–1980)". A historical dictionary of British women (2nd ed.). Routledge. 2003. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-85743-228-2.
  • Evelyn Emmet at the Centre for the Advancement of Women in Politics
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  1. ↑ Hansard, House of Lords, Vol. 302, Col. 1173, 19 June 1969
  2. ↑ "No. 43511". The London Gazette. 8 December 1964. p. 10447.
  3. ↑ "No. 43571". The London Gazette. 9 February 1965. p. 1373.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Ralph Clarke		 Member of Parliament for East Grinstead
1955 – 1965		 Succeeded by
Geoffrey Johnson-Smith


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