Evelyn Emmet, Baroness Emmet of Amberley
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The Right Honourable The Baroness Emmet of Amberley |
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| Member of Parliament for East Grinstead | |
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In office 26 May 1955 – 3 February 1965 |
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| Prime Minister | Anthony Eden |
| Preceded by | Ralph Clarke |
| Succeeded by | Geoffrey Johnson-Smith |
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| Born |
Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Rodd 18 March 1899 |
| Died | 10 October 1980 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Thomas Addis Emmet |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmet, Baroness Emmet of Amberley (née Rodd; 18 March 1899 – 10 October 1980) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Emmet was the daughter of Lilias Georgina (Guthrie) and the diplomat Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell, and was educated at St Margaret's School, Bushey and at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
She was a member of London County Council from 1925 to 1934, 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.
Emmet was a member of the Conservative Women's National Advisory Committee 1951 to 1954.
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, triggering a by-election in East Grinstead.
In the House of Lords, she served as deputy speaker from 1968 to 1977.
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