Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading

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Stella Charnaud Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading GBE DStJ (born January 6, 1894 , † May 22, 1971 ) was a British nobleman and politician.

As the wife of Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading , she held the courtesy title of Marchioness of Reading and in 1958 she became a Life Peeress with the title Baroness Swanborough herself a member of the House of Lords .

Life

Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading, with her husband on a visit to Haifa (1935)

It was as Stella Charnaud born and after school private secretary Alice Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading, the wife of Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, the 1921 to 1925 as Viceroy of India acted. After their death in 1930 she married the Marquess of Reading herself on August 6, 1931, who shortly after the marriage was foreign minister from August 25 to November 5, 1931, and most recently Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports .

After the death of her husband on December 30, 1935, Stella Isaacs became involved in social organizations and in 1938 she founded Women's Voluntarily Service , an aid organization to support the needy in Great Britain, and was subsequently its chairman. For her services she was first awarded the Lady Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1941 and the Grand Cross of this Order in 1944. In addition, she was a member of the Board of Governors of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) between 1946 and 1951 and was first Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau in 1952 and Lady of Grace of the Order of Saint John in 1957 .

Most recently she was by a letters patent from September 22, 1958 as a Life Peeress under the Life Peerages Act 1958 with the title Baroness Swanborough , of Swanborough in the County of Sussex, member of the House of Lords, to which she belonged until her death. Stella Isaacs was among the first to be raised to nobility under the Life Peerages Act 1958.

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SURNAME Isaacs, Stella, Marchioness of Reading
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Isaacs, Stella, Baroness Swanborough; Stella Charnaud (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British nobles
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1894
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1971