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Marie Frances Lisette Hanbury
Marie Frances Lisette Verney, Baroness Willoughby de Broke (née Hanbury, c. 1868 – 14 October 1941) was a British peeress and suffragist. FamilyHanbury was born in 1868 and was the youngest daughter of Charles Addington Hanbury and Christine Isabella Mackenzie.[1] On 2 July 1895, she married the peer and conservative politician Richard Verney, 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke and they had a son, John Verney, 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke.[2] The family lived at Compton Verney, Warwickshire,[3] and Hanbury is known to have gifted her husband the Clarendon Press' most expensive gift edition of Tennyson's Poetical Works.[4] PoliticsVerney was an active suffragist. She became a member of the Conservative and Unionist Women's Franchise Association and was appointed a local president in 1911.[5] As part of her campaigning activities for women's enfranchisement, she wrote articles outlining the benefits to women gaining the vote.[6] She also planned outings for suffragists from Kineton and Wellesbourne in Warwickshire.[3] DeathShe died on 14 October 1941.[2] References
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