Imogen Skirving (1937 – 1 July 2016) was a British

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, who turned her family home

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into an award-winning country house hotel. Guests at Langar Hall included

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and the

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, and former Labour leader

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was married there. She died on 1 July 2016, when she was hit by a car whilst on holiday in

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. Her father, Geoffrey Huskinson Sr., was a first-class cricketer, while her brother, Geoffrey Huskinson Jr. was a prominent cartoonist.

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