Charlotte Iliffe, Baroness Iliffe (''née'' Gilding; 1881–18 January 1972) was a British aristocrat, philanthropist and

suffragist Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to vo ...

. She was a member of the Coventry Women's Suffrage Society. She was a patron of the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital and the

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is a British child protection charity founded as the Liverpool Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (LSPCC) by Thomas Agnew on 19 April 1883. The NSPCC lobbies t ...

Family

Lady Iliffe was born in

Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

, Lancashire. Her father was Henry Gilding, a Liverpool draper's buyer and Justice of the Peace. On 10 June 1902 she married Edward Mauger Iliffe, who was created 1st

Baron Iliffe Baron Iliffe, of Yattendon in the County of Berkshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1933 for the newspaper magnate Sir Edward Iliffe. For many years the family controlled newspapers in Birmingham and Coventry ...

of Yattenden by

George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936. George w ...

on 22 June 1933.Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003) '' Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edn., Vol. 3''. Genealogical Books Ltd. p. 2028. He was the son of William Isaac Iliffe, founder of the ''

Coventry Evening Telegraph The ''Coventry Telegraph'' is a local English tabloid newspaper. It is published by Coventry Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Reach PLC Midlands Ltd, along with a number of other local publications. Publication history It was founded as ' ...

'', and Annette Coker. They lived at Allesley Hall, near the city of

Coventry Coventry ( or rarely ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne. Coventry had been a large settlement for centurie ...

. They had three children: * The Hon. Kathleen Iliffe (died 1988), married Major Leslie Frederick Laurence. *

Langton Iliffe, 2nd Baron Iliffe Edward Langton Iliffe, 2nd Baron Iliffe (25 January 1908 – 15 February 1996), generally known as Langton Iliffe, was a British peer and newspaper businessman. Biography Lord Iliffe was the son of Edward Iliffe, 1st Baron Iliffe and Charlo ...

(1908–1996), married Renée Merandon du Plessis, a Mauritian of French descent, and had no issue. * The Hon. William Henry Richard Iliffe (1911–1956), married Christine Marie Baker, and had issue. The Iliffe's were close friends with Canadian financier and philanthropist J. W. McConnell and his wife Lil Griffith, and the two couples holidayed together.

Politics and activism

Lady Iliffe joined the Coventry Women's Suffrage Society (CWSS) and regularly attended meetings with her mother-in-law. She was active in support of the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital board, and also supported with the local branch of The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). Lady Iliffe volunteered during the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

with the Serbian Refugee Fund. She died on 18 January 1972, at Yattenden Court, near Newbury,

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; abbreviated ), officially the Royal County of Berkshire, is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Oxfordshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the north-east, Greater London ...

. A collection of her seashells and a portrait painting of her is held at the

National Trust The National Trust () is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Trust was founded in 1895 by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley to "promote the ...

property

Basildon Park Basildon Park is a English country houses, country house situated 2 miles (3 kilometres) south of Goring-on-Thames and Streatley in Berkshire, between the villages of Upper Basildon and Lower Basildon. It is owned by the National Trust and is a ...

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. {{Authority control Activists from Liverpool 1881 births 1972 deaths 20th-century English women 20th-century English nobility Activists from Coventry British women in World War I Iliffe English suffragists English women philanthropists Charlotte Spouses of British politicians