Evelyn Emmet, Baroness Emmet of Amberley

The Right Honourable
The Baroness Emmet of Amberley
DL
The Right Honourable The Baroness Emmet of Amberley DL
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; 18 March 1899
Died	10 October 1980 (aged 81)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Thomas Addis Emmet
Relations	Crispin Money-Coutts, 9th Baron Latymer (grandson)
Children	4
Parent(s)	Lilias Georgina Guthrie; Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell
Education	St Margaret's School, Bushey
Alma mater	Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmet, Baroness Emmet of Amberley DL (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. Among her siblings were Francis Rodd, 2nd Baron Rennell (who married the Hon. Mary Constance Vivian Smith), Hon. Gloria Rodd (wife of painter Simon Elwes), Hon. Peter Rodd (who married Nancy Mitford, one of the famous Mitford sisters), and Hon. Gustaf Rodd (who married Yvonne Mary Marling, daughter of diplomat Sir Charles Murray Marling).^[1]

She 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, representing Hackney North, and a member 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.^[2]

Emmet was a member of the Conservative Women's National Advisory Committee 1951 to 1954.^[3]

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,^[4] triggering a by-election in East Grinstead.^[5]

In the House of Lords, she served as deputy speaker from 1968 to 1977.^[6]

Personal life[]

On 9 June 1923, she was married to Thomas Addis Emmet, a son of Maj. Robert Emmet (and descendant of Thomas Addis Emmet) and the former Louise Garland (daughter of James Albert Garland). Emmet was a cousin of New York philanthropist Charles Garland. Together, they were the parents of four children:^[7]

Hon. Gloria Lavinia Eileen Emmet (1924–2012), who married Maj. Mark Winton Slane Fleming in 1950.^[7]
Hon. Christopher Anthony Robert Emmet (1925–1996), who married Lady Miranda Mary Fitzalan-Howard, daughter of Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop in 1947.^[7]
Hon. David Alastair Rennell Emmet (b. 1928), who married Sylvia Delia Knowles, daughter of Willis Knowles, in 1967.^[7]
Hon. Penelope Ann Clare Emmet (b. 1932), who married Hugo Money-Coutts, 8th Baron Latymer, son of Thomas Burdett Money-Coutts, 7th Baron Latymer.^[7]

Lady Emmet died on 10 October 1980.^[7]

Arms[]

Coat of arms of Evelyn Emmet, Baroness Emmet of Amberley
	Escutcheon Azure a fess Ermine in chief a port between two towers Argent and in base a bull's head caboshed between two trefoils slipped. Supporters Dexter a representation of St Wilfrid in processional vestments, sinister a representation of St Richard of Chichester in mass vestments at his feet a chalice, all Proper. Motto Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (To The Greater Glory Of God) ^[8]

References[]

^ "Rennell, Baron (UK, 1933)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^ Hansard, House of Lords, Vol. 302, Col. 1173, 19 June 1969
^ Evelyn Emmet Archived 13 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine at the Centre for the Advancement of Women in Politics.
^ "No. 43511". The London Gazette. 8 December 1964. p. 10447.
^ "No. 43571". The London Gazette. 9 February 1965. p. 1373.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Dale, Iain; Smith, Jacqui (2018). The Honourable Ladies: Volume I: Profiles of Women MPs 1918–1996. Biteback Publishing. p. 239. ISBN 978-1-78590-449-3. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^ Debrett's Peerage. 1973.

External links[]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Evelyn Emmet
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Ralph Clarke	Member of Parliament for East Grinstead 1955 – 1965	Succeeded by Geoffrey Johnson-Smith

[BaronRennell-1] "Rennell, Baron (UK, 1933)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[2] Hansard, House of Lords, Vol. 302, Col. 1173, 19 June 1969

[3] Evelyn Emmet Archived 13 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine at the Centre for the Advancement of Women in Politics.

[4] "No. 43511". The London Gazette. 8 December 1964. p. 10447.

[5] "No. 43571". The London Gazette. 9 February 1965. p. 1373.

[6] "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.

[Dale2018-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Dale, Iain; Smith, Jacqui (2018). The Honourable Ladies: Volume I: Profiles of Women MPs 1918–1996. Biteback Publishing. p. 239. ISBN 978-1-78590-449-3. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[8] Debrett's Peerage. 1973.

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