Charlotte Iliffe, Baroness Iliffe

The Right Honourable
The Baroness Iliffe
Personal details
Born
Charlotte Gilding

1881
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Died18 January 1972
Yattendon Court, Berkshire, England
SpouseEdward Mauger Iliffe, 1st Baron Iliffe
Children3 (including The 2nd Baron Iliffe)
ParentHenry Gilding

Charlotte Iliffe, Baroness Iliffe (née Gilding; 1881–18 January 1972) was a British aristocrat, philanthropist and suffragist. She was a member of the Coventry Women's Suffrage Society. She was a patron of the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

Family

Lady Iliffe was born in Liverpool, Lancashire.[1] Her father was Henry Gilding, a Liverpool draper's buyer and Justice of the Peace.[2]

On 10 June 1902 she married Edward Mauger Iliffe, who was created 1st Baron Iliffe of Yattenden by George V on 22 June 1933.[3] He was the son of William Isaac Iliffe, founder of the Coventry Evening Telegraph, and Annette Coker.[3] They lived at Allesley Hall, near the city of Coventry.

They had three children:[2]

  • The Hon. Kathleen Iliffe (died 1988), married Major Leslie Frederick Laurence.[3]
  • Langton Iliffe, 2nd Baron Iliffe (1908–1996), married Renée Merandon du Plessis, a Mauritian of French descent,[4] and had no issue.
  • The Hon. William Henry Richard Iliffe (1911–1956), married Christine Marie Baker, and had issue.[3]

Politics and activism

Lady Iliffe joined the Coventry Women's Suffrage Society (CWSS) and regularly attended meetings with her mother-in-law.[1] She was active in support of the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital board, and also supported with the local branch of The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).[1]

Lady Iliffe volunteered during the First World War with the Serbian Refugee Fund.[1]

She died on 18 January 1972,[3] at Yattenden Court, near Newbury, Berkshire.[5] A collection of her seashells and a portrait painting of her is held at the National Trust property Basildon Park.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Morton, Tara. ""Charlotte Illiffe"". Mapping Women's Suffrage. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b Smith, Adrian (6 January 2011) [23 September 2004]. "Iliffe, Edward Mauger, first Baron Iliffe (1877–1960), newspaper and periodical proprietor". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34091. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003) Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edn., Vol. 3. Genealogical Books Ltd. p. 2028.
  4. ^ "Renée Lady Iliffe". The Telegraph. 15 September 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Charlotte Gilding, Lady Iliffe (1881 -1972)". National Trust. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  6. ^ Cole-Lomas, Lauren (28 August 2023). "The glorious country Palladian manor you can visit near Surrey". Surrey Live. Retrieved 2 November 2024.