Mary Freeman-Grenville, 12th Lady Kinloss
Beatrice Mary Freeman-Grenville, 12. Lady Kinloss (born August 18, 1922 - September 30, 2012 ) was a Scottish MP for the British House of Lords .
She was raised as the eldest of the three daughters of Luis Chandos Francis Temple Morgan-Grenville and Katherine Beatrice MacKenzie Jackman at the Ravenscroft School in Eastbourne . She was the eldest general heiress to Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp , the only son of Lady Catherine Gray. However, she was not interested in the resulting claims of the Tudors to the English throne.
She inherited the title of Lady Kinloss in 1944 on the death of her grandmother, Mary Morgan-Grenville, 11th Lady Kinloss. She married Greville Stewart Parker Freeman (later Freeman-Grenville) in 1950, and they had a son and two daughters:
- Bevil David Stewart Chandos Freeman-Grenville, Master of Kinloss (* 1953; † 2012)
- Teresa Mary Nugent Freeman-Grenville, 13th Lady Kinloss (* 1957)
- Hester Josephine Anne Freeman-Grenville (* 1960). She married Peter Haworth in 1984 and has three sons with him.
She sat as an independent crossbencher in the House of Lords as a result of the implementation of the Peerage Act 1963 , which allowed her to sit as a peer in her own right in the House of Lords until the implementation of the House of Lords Act 1999 , all but 92 hereditary Peers removed. She served on the Committee on the European Community of the House of Lords from 1990-1992. She ran unsuccessfully for election as one of the retained 92 hereditary peers and was ranked 38th out of 79 candidates for 28 seats in the Crossbenchers.
Lady Kinloss died on September 30, 2012, the 160th birthday of her grandmother Mary Morgan-Grenville, 11th Lady Kinloss . Her daughter Teresa Freeman-Grenville, 13. Lady Kinloss inherited her title.
Web links
- Beatrice Freeman-Grenville at Hansard (English)
credentials
- ↑ The Lady Kinloss ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Burke's Peerage, accessed December 6, 2011.
- ↑ Beatrice Mary Grenville Freeman-Grenville, 12th Lady Kinloss National Portrait Gallery, accessed December 6, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9644037/Lady-Kinloss.html Obituary The Telegraph
- ^ William the Conqueror Database , Alan Freer, accessed December 6, 2010.
- ^ Former women members of the House of Lords , Queens University Belfast Center for Advancement of Women in Politics, accessed December 6, 2011.
- ^ House of Lords Act: Hereditary Peer Elections , David Boothroyd, accessed December 6, 2011.
- ^ Google Groups: Lady Kinloss.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Morgan-Grenville |
Lady Kinloss 1944–2012 |
Teresa Freeman-Grenville |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Freeman-Grenville, Mary, 12th Lady Kinloss |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Freeman-Grenville, Beatrice Mary 12. Lady Kinloss |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician, Member of the House of Lords (Crossbencher) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1922 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 2012 |